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Elections and possible alliances on political agenda again
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy in power,” adding that he expects the government to be heavily defeated in next May’s...), resulting in a victory for New Democracy. The possibility of Tsipras treating next May’s European..., and then holding national and local elections together shortly afterwards has been discussed between
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Despite fresh uncertainty, Tsipras insists focus is on four-year term
PoliticsGreek Politicsis within reach may have played a key part in providing encouragement for SYRIZA. Although the leftist..., Tsipras may try to turn this in his favour in the election campaign. Speaking to journalists..., the idea of SYRIZA holding on until next year has been brought into question again by developments
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics, this would be enough for a majority. It is possible that some independent MPs may also vote in favour... suggested recently that Tsipras and his advisers like the idea of holding the general elections at the same time as the European Parliament elections in late May. There is the possibility, though
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New Democracy gains MP as new effort to launch nationalist party announced
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the name deal and to appeal to voters who may have backed Golden Dawn or ANEL in the past. The decline... Alexis Tsipras over the Macedonia agreement may cost him his political future. The former New... of Samaras’s entourage until it was revealed that he was holding secret talks with Golden Dawn
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SYRIZA working on package of expansionary measures to provide political boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsrevoked, the government may try to cover their impact by offering an extra monthly pension to retirees..., the expectations are that the prime minister will focus on holding the national vote along with the local and European Parliament vote next May, allowing enough time for all the expansionary measures he wants
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
was given the clearest indication yet on Monday that its European lenders may agree to its request... the contributions of young workers. The icing on the cake for the government will be holding a separate vote to cancel the pension cuts, if the creditors approve the request. Tsakalotos suggested that there may
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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the way, attention will now be fully on the Prespes Agreement, which the government may table...) are considered certainties. This takes the total number up to 149. A possible positive vote may also... to backing the deal if Tsipras publicly commits to holding snap elections as soon as possible
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Tsipras tries to use Brussels warning to his political advantage
PoliticsGreek Politics, arguing that his warning before the May 26 vote, when he said the ballot would be a vote of confidence... the campaign for the EU vote and which it has retained since the crushing defeat it suffered on May 26... to produce an excess primary surplus that it can then distribute. He argued that this approach is holding
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Speculation about snap elections in 2020 refuses to die down
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will culminate in a defining party congress in the first half of 2020, which may be followed by a bid to get... believe that by talking so openly about snap elections, Tsipras may remove the element of surprise... that there is any thought of holding snap elections, Ta Nea had a front-page story on Saturday analysing
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Parliament re-opens for business amid calls for greater scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister’s hand may be forced by the unwelcome interest attracted by Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis’s... that Mitsotakis may be seeking to broaden the range of his team in order to absorb the anticipated shocks... holding live sessions with drastically reduced numbers, but has not made use of remote conferencing
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