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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsto secure his coalition partner’s support and get more than 150 votes for the bill on Tuesday given... Mitsotakos accused SYRIZA of trying to please its grassroots supporters rather than putting forward well..., the margin of error in the opinion poll was particularly large (more than 20 points in some cases
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
more exits than entrances into the pension system, plus higher mortality. Despite this difference..., significant gaps remain. Tax refunds have risen rather than fallen, from 1.25 billion euros... billion in August. Though the figure is lower than July’s amount of 2 billion, it means that Greece’s
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New centre-left party keeps political options open at inaugural congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsthen. There is, however, another section that believes SYRIZA would make a more natural partner than New Democracy... is able to shape its own political identity, rather than be seen just as a potential future partner for New Democracy and SYRIZA, and to ensure that there is plurality within the party rather than just
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Working-class homes or millionaires' mansions - what's going under the hammer in property auctions?
EconomyFeatures, it is in fact possible to get a clearer picture of what is transpiring at the auctions by sifting... against their names. On 21 March, at least 24 individuals have more than one property listed, while... that of the listed property, suggesting that it was an inheritance or an investment rather than a primary
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsbegun trying to rally his party for a final push to get the government over the finishing line... checks within the framework of your European commitments than to be forced to govern with the troika... is less than four months away. Some MPs are concerned that the post-programme period will continue
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek Politics, a reduction of the bonus for the winning party from 50 to less than 40 seats in Parliament, allowing Greeks... representation system. This means the winning party will get no bonus at all. PASOK and To Potami did not vote... that the conservatives would be willing to help provide a super-majority of more than 200 out
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
than a simple majority to approve the deal for Greece’s neighbour to be recognised as North Macedonia..., 30 or October 7. Then, his government will have to get parliamentary approval for the changes... that it will be enough to secure enough votes to gain more than 3 percent in the elections and enter Parliament. New
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 1,200 homes in Mati have so far been deemed unsafe. The Greek state will initially contribute 40... to compensate citizens and get the recovery scheme underway it will be able to stem any criticism and show.... It did not go unnoticed that the current SYRIZA-led coalition is offering victims more than the 3,000
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlmost a week on from the wildfire northeast of Athens that caused the deaths of more than 90.... The impression given was that the government was trying to get rid of its responsibility and attribute... as it was by the sea. From there, the fire had reached the sea in less than 20 minutes. The unique set
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SYRIZA, New Democracy promote competing narratives after MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politics. The message that the government has been trying to get across to voters is that following the end.... “Also, there will be fiscal space of more than 750 million euros, and based on all... means the end of cheap funding from the eurozone, rather than the end of austerity measures
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