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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Independent Greeks (ANEL). Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, the junior partner... other sources. The only question that SYRIZA has about ANEL is what stance it will take if New... Kammenos and his ANEL colleagues have been that they will not vote against SYRIZA, allowing Tsipras
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) appear to have made the coalition members even more determined to stick together... took their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... and to avoid fines from Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those who expressed concern
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SYRIZA confident of survival beyond name deal, confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL), departs the government as the opposition parties do not have enough support to win... during the gathering was what would happen after the departure of ANEL, which is thought to be just... the ratification of the Prespes Agreement as early as this Friday and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos has said he
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
parting of ways The fate of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition is due to be decided at a meeting between... minister, Tsipras said that if the ANEL chief decides to rescind his backing for the coalition as a result of the Macedonia name The alliance between SYRIZA and ANEL managed to outlive the predictions
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Neither necessary, nor good
Agorawith the Independent Greeks (ANEL), a party that has espoused populist, nationalist, racist and conspiracy-theorist... pliable. However, being in government with ANEL is not the straightforward, guilt-free politics that Tsipras imagines. In political terms, he is dining with the devil. His first alliance with ANEL
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Tsipras and Kammenos try to fend off rumours of deepening rift
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the last few weeks. This has been triggered... speculation about whether the SYRIZA-ANEL partnership has run its course, given that Kammenos said his... and ANEL have also taken different positions following the furore caused by Ivan Savidis’s foray onto
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
Kammenos rocks coalition boat SYRIZA-ANEL alliance under stress as defence minister seems to follow... SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) can last much longer. During his visit to Washington... with Fileleftheros newspaper, Iliopoulos claimed The unlikely alliance between SYRIZA and ANEL looks particularly
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, announced... and wants all ANEL’s ministers to do the same. As a consequence, Tsipras said that he would call... three of the seven members of ANEL’s parliamentary group are certain to vote against the government
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsElena Kountoura, an MP with departing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL). Kountoura’s announcement led to ANEL leader and departed defence minister Panos Kammenos ousting her from his party. He took the same action with another ANEL lawmaker, Deputy Agricultural Development Minister Vassilis
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKammenos and his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party from the coalition means that barring any last-minute... on Monday, three ANEL MPs (Elena Kountoura, Vassilis Kokkalis and Thanassis Papachristopoulos) had... of confidence. Kostas Zouraris of ANEL is also expected to support the government. Given that Deputy
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