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Athens seeks new approach as Nimetz visit marks more intensive name talks
PoliticsForeign Policybe a key element of the negotiations. He also noted that a composite name with time distinction (e.g..... This was his way of responding to criticisms and rejections of a composite name like “Nova
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Kotzias takes next step in effort to reach name deal, settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policyremain on the most crucial issues. Composite name The first chapter in this negotiation is about the new... translation. The two sides have agreed over a composite name, with Dimitrov clarifying very recently
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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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Kammenos dismisses talk of coalition rift but maintains Macedonia name objections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary group, which was held in the wake of mounting rumours... neighbour should not be allowed to use the name “Macedonia.” “ANEL made an honest agreement with SYRIZA... positives. This chimes with the feeling that there seems to be little chance of the SYRIZA-ANEL
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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politics’s office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain... prominent issues. The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those who..., the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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