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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
Democracy party has a comfortable majority in the Greek Parliament (156/300 seats) and there is no sign... protests of last Friday, has put more pressure on the government. There is no sign that this pressure... it as the work of a “disparate and nihilistic coalition of the willing”. New Democracy has been trying to argue
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Opposition politicians express concern as Greek air defence is deployed in Iran war
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first confirmed use of Greek military hardware in the Iran war has pushed Athens...”, underlining Greece’s contribution to global fuel supply security. Over recent days, Greece has... a gap in national coverage, while a third has now been deployed to northern Greece to provide
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Samaras hopes for Merkel fillip as gloom grips Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicshas put on the table. The latter includes changing rules on mass dismissals and allowing employers... of the last chances the prime minister has to avert his government’s downfall. The coalition’s longstanding strategy has been to bank on concluding the troika review quickly and obtaining some commitment
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In survival bid, coalition seeks to ease taxpayer burden, secure early bailout exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsof winning back some of the support it has lost in recent months. It is doubtful, though... candidate. The measures tabled on Thursday are part of a “roadmap” the coalition has constructed in its... that has yet to be finalised is how the growing number of non-performing loans (NPLs) will be dealt
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat SYRIZA has 29 percent of voters’ support and New Democracy 26. Interview for El. Typos SYRIZA... that support for SYRIZA has reached 31 percent, while New Democracy is lagging on 25.5. ProRata for Paron... this figure at the moment as most polls indicate that around 1 in 10 voters has yet to make his
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsabandoned and Tsipras reached out to Kammenos. The renewal of their alliance has certain advantages... potentially complex talks with parties he has not worked with before, also cutting down on the time... Evangelos Meimarakis. His decision to run a relaxed campaign that stressed the need for unity has
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Coalition lines up draft legislation with aim of shifting debate and mood
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be on the Eurogroup Working Group meeting, which will decide whether Greece has done enough... change the main topic of discussion domestically, which has recently been about the measures needed... Democracy a large lead over SYRIZA (25.4 vs 17.9 percent), underlining how far public opinion has turned
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SYRIZA to suggest switch to proportional representation, schedules congress for Oct
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent 10 years earlier, which suggests that there has been a substantial shift in public opinion... in a position to form the next government. However, SYRIZA has argued in favour of proportional... universities. Mitsotakis has said he is willing to back such a change. The central committee marked
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Coalition puts on fresh face but poll sees support draining away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has over SYRIZA widening. It placed the conservatives on 30 percent and the leftists... between the two leading parties has broadened by another 2.5 percentage points (1.5-point rise... popular, according to the poll, with 31.5 percent. The survey suggests that there has been little
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No certainties for Athens before Eurogroup as lenders try for debt deal
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Europeans have a more optimistic forecast but the difference between the two is substantial and has... the weekend claimed that one of the documents the IMF has handed to the eurozone creditors suggests that Athens will not pay off the loans it has received from the European Stability Mechanism until 2120
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