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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a SYRIZA government. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set the tone on Thursday, when he raised fears of a euro exit (Grexit) in a speech to New Democracy MPs. Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos
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Greece: Where did it all go wrong?
AgoraWhen Greece returned to international bond markets in April this year after a four-year exile, it was trumpeted by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as another step towards the crisis exit door.... This is what led the prime minister to travel to Berlin in late September and to announce, after his meeting
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First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot vote for president even if Prime Minister Antonis Samaras resigns. DIMAR chief Fotis Kouvelis... elections next year but the prime minister's office denied any such discussion took place. However
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek Politics, with Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos saying he is open to suggestions that could lead... and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to reach a settlement with the opposition parties. Regardless
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Coalition to gain more support for president but still short of 180
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidate after voting “present” in the first ballot. All five changed their position in the wake of Prime...) said on Monday they had not been convinced by the prime minister and would vote “present.” The third
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Final presidential vote likely to segue into snap elections for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterview with state TV on Saturday evening, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras focussed on the possibility... Prime Minister George Papandreou goes ahead with his reported plan to launch his own party on Tuesday
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Leaders draw battle lines as Greece heads to snap polls on Jan 25
PoliticsGreek Politicson the 168 votes it garnered in the second round of voting. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s decision... beneficial as it limits the time in which former Prime Minister George Papandreou can drum up support
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Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the social democratic party for a coalition to be viable. Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos has... from PASOK rather than the whole party. Also, the possibility that ex-Prime Minister George Papandreou
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Venizelos ready to work with SYRIZA but leftists and Papandreou to have last say
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy prime minister. “But we have been through this before. Wasn’t New Democracy saying the same... to be launched on Saturday afternoon. There is little doubt that the ex-prime minister’s movement will draw some
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Samaras sets out New Democracy's plans for growth
EconomyFollowing the presentation of SYRIZA’s updated economic policies on January 3, Prime Minister and New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras outlined his party’s programme for “Growth and Reforms... evasion and streamline the public sector. The prime minister said he remained committed to making use
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