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PASOK leadership debate highlights tensions as SYRIZA unites briefly for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthem to direct questions at one another as well as responding to questions from the moderators... one another, it offered little in terms of substance and vision. The clearest divergences emerged... the centre and disillusioned ND voters. SYRIZA One subject that did not get much mention in the debate
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PM puts tax cuts front and centre in bid to win back voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsReducing taxes over the remaining years of his premiership is becoming one of Prime Minister... 50,000 euros. No VAT change? However, the local media appears to be in agreement that one... by inflated prices during the cost-of-living crisis, are one of the reasons that public coffers are fuller
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PM makes first direct contact with Trump, hoping to keep US-Greek relationship special
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis also pointed out that he is one of the longest-serving members of the European Council, having been in power since 2019, and, as a result, is one of the few EU leaders that has “institutional... (MDCA), which provides the US navy, as well as NATO forces, with access to one of the largest deep-water
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Newsletter 441 - 15/11/2024
. However, should one more MP quit SYRIZA, that title will go to PASOK, granting the socialists greater... of Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State. Sources stress Rubio’s role as one of the architects..., the research arm of Greece’s largest union, and from the Union of Working Consumers (EEKE), shows that one
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PM weighs up options over pick for president ahead of January decision
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the Presidency of the Republic would be a way for the PM to push aside one of the main challengers... to the position. These include Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras, one of his predecessors.... The last-minute rush to table legislation before the end of the year is an annual tradition but one
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party from its traditional base. Potential candidates This is one of the reasons why the idea... Commissioner Maria Damanaki. Opting for one of these might also have the added benefit for the PM..., who was previously the president of the Council of State. The historian Maria Efthymiou is one
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agorawill go over the next four years. On the one hand, there’s an effusive Donald Trump who regularly... ball, a look at a sample of views recorded on both sides may give one an initial inkling. Trump’s... relations over the next four years appear to oscillate quite a bit, from fatalistic to optimistic. At one
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Mitsotakis backs Ukraine as Athens tries to balance position with Trump administration
PoliticsForeign Policyinterview with Bloomberg last Thursday, that it was important for the EU to “speak with one voice... one and therefore, “no permit is required and, therefore, there are no legal grounds under... results in a relatively short time. One achievement is tranquility. Don’t ask me how long
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
happened and who was responsible, but also undermined some of the government’s line of defence. One... a vote was taken on whether Deputy Civil Protection Minister Christos Triantopoulos, who was one... they believed some politicians should be held criminally responsible for the crash. In one of the more
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PM emerges wounded from confidence vote as Konstantopoulou boosts ratings
PoliticsGreek Politics’ performances as one of the ways in which standards could be improved. In a nod to the demands made... to appear conciliatory given that one of the common complaints from the families of the 57 Tempe... conservatives was the behaviour of one the party’s MPs, Dimitris Kyriazidis, who was ousted from New
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