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PM's target for EP vote seems in reach as twist emerges in battle for second
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy looks to be on course to get what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis would consider... for the upcoming ballot. It is also more than double leftist SYRIZA’s projected score of 16.2 pct, three... to achieve a higher share of the vote than ultranationalist Greek Solution by some distance: 11.2 pct
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Lacklustre performance in EP elections raises key questions for mainstream parties
PoliticsGreek Politics5 points lower than PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s stated target of 33. The conservative ruling party secured just 7 seats in the European Parliament, one fewer than in the last elections in 2019. Greeting... headed off any question of a snap election, stating that he saw it as his party’s task to get
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsattempts to defend the measure by describing it as “5+1 days” rather than six has been widely ridiculed... be reserved for healthcare emergencies rather than filling vacant posts in the public sector. Measures being... expected to get the thumbs-down from landlords who use platforms such as Airbnb to boost their income
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Support for ND edges up in new polls as voters' concerns persist
PoliticsGreek Politics, according to Pulse. This is one point higher than last month. PASOK is at 14 pct, which... pct of respondents think things will get worse for SYRIZA after its leadership election, 42 pct do..., although this is down from 66 last month. Also, 44 pct of those polled said they are worse off than last
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering a more turbulent year than it expected, the government is aiming to regain its... is to further increase the total incomes that are declared by Greeks to more than 175 billion euros... in jobs like hospitality and retail earn wages that average less than 1,000 euros. It is clear
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the social democrats and the parties to their left is more attractive than a collaboration... more than the 27.7 pct that favour a grand coalition with the ruling conservatives. For New Democracy voters, a coalition with PASOK is slightly more attractive (11.3 pct) than working with right-wing
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
, Mitsotakis framed the wrongdoing as the actions of rogue individuals rather than as a government failure. His... is that with reference year 2024 the increase in defense spending cannot be greater than the rise in 2024 as percent of GDP and, also, the increase cannot be more than 1.5 pct of GDP. The good news for Greece came
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Mitsotakis tries to stem subsidy scandal damage as opposition smells blood
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to get ahead of the evolving OPEKEPE scandal..., his attempt to spread the responsibility for the scandal over a longer period of time than his... with voters to judge the government on the entirety of its record, rather than to be swayed solely
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Newsletter 471 - 18/07/2025
timeline starting in 1998 rather than focusing on the 2019–2022 period covered by EPPO. Government... Democracy managed to get ahead of the opposition and file its broader proposal first. Parliament now... defections that signal public frustration more loudly than any press conference ever could. Still
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
-cut package which he hopes will kickstart a revival for the New Democracy party as it seeks to get... the age of 30, and families with more than two children. Young taxpayers up to the age of 25... data of the package that the Finance Ministry provided, just 2.1 pct of all taxpayers have more than
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