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SYRIZA suffers new split as Kasselakis storms off to form own party
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will deliver another huge blow to SYRIZA, which now looks to be sliding to the fringes of Greek Politics. Successive splits Since it came to power in 2015, forming a government with the now defunct Independent... was created by the 11 MPs that quit SYRIZA after Kasselakis was elected party leader last September, and now
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Newsletter 441 - 15/11/2024
minor, in symbolic terms it will deliver another huge blow to SYRIZA, which now looks to be sliding.... Collectively, SYRIZA splinter parties Course for Freedom, MeRA25 and New Left now surpass... parties add up to 19.2 pct, including Greek Solution, which is now the third party in parliament
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Athens ponders Syria shake-up with particular focus on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policythe way for Turkey to fill this void. The situation is quite fluid now, diplomats say, adding... will soon have to decide how to deal with HTS because for now it rejects any form of dialogue or contact. Diplomats also say that for now the idea of an EU special envoy for Syria is not on the agenda, even
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Government commits to uniformed personnel pay rises amid clamour for higher incomes
PoliticsGreek Politicsis now in a position where he will be expected to announce pay increases in the police, coast guard... officials claim that the reason pay increases in the armed forces were announced now was to combat... departments. The visit gave the ND leader the opportunity to underline that the minimum wage, now at 880
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
shielded the accused from future prosecution due to double jeopardy laws. Karamanlis now faces... directly. The vote appears to mark the end of Tempe as a dominant political issue, at least for now... mainstream parties have seen marginal gains. SYRIZA lost 1.7 points, and undecided voters now make up 17.7
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Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025
of all taxpayers now face or are close to forced collection measures. Calls for relief measures... reshaped by tourism: short‑term rentals now offer more than one million beds, outstripping the nearly... but put immense pressure on local residents. The Bank of Greece warns that housing now consumes
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Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
PoliticsGreek Politicspreparing for a conflict that senior officials now warn may last far longer than initially hoped. The government is now presenting its response through a formalised four‑axis framework: repatriation... Kimon, and two pairs of F‑16s are now in Cyprus. A Patriot battery has been moved to Karpathos
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Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
PoliticsGreek Politicswas equally blunt on the perennial question of a reshuffle. These two refusals are now central... and trajectory no one can predict”. Going to the polls now, he warned, would almost certainly cost ND... elections would undermine the very stability that voters now value, and that a reshuffle would distract
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Newsletter 503 - 08/05/2026
fallsThe impact of the protracted Iran conflict is now filtering into the Greek economy..., the growth forecast is now lower at 2 pct, down from 2.4 pct in the previous estimate, while inflation... dollars per barrel. The progress report also sees more moderate growth in investments, now assumed
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New Democracy and PASOK challenged by arrival of new parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than a passing phenomenon. The PM’s office is now trying to seize the initiative, setting out... old. The poll confirms the near‑total collapse of SYRIZA and New Left, both of which now register... is that Karystianou is now the most popular political leader in the country, with 32% positive views, ahead
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