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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter swearing at a Finance Ministry official during a row over ENFIA. New Democracy’s parliamentary... put forward in 2010. Then, the New Democracy government only had 151 MPs and PASOK’s stance
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
the allegations made by the retired general. The same newspaper had also been at the centre of a row... with such a move, he will have to collect 151 votes to ensure that he can remain in power. Similarly
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
151 votes will be found to ratify the diplomatic settlement. There now appears little doubt... of the month. Tsipras, though, has been left in an uncomfortable position by the ongoing row between
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New Democracy increases pressure on potential supporters of Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy kept up the pressure over the Macedonia name issue on Wednesday despite attempts by Skopje to row back from comments by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev which were interpreted by some... or individual MPs to support the Prespes Agreement to reach the minimum 151 votes required. A couple
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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politics-and-a-half years after the elections to strip Spartiates of their state funding. A row erupted hours after... that it lowered the bar for a parliamentary majority from 151 to 149. Marinakis’s interpretation was immediately
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Newsletter 503 - 08/05/2026
resignation. Tension builds The institutional tension spilled into a fierce row between... that raises the threshold for inquiries involving national security from 130 to 151 votes
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
that the winning party would need to win at least 151 seats in Parliament depends The strength of the parties... percent to take 151 seats. If the total support for parties not entering Parliament reaches 10... arithmetic. These administrative challenges and open policy issues are but a mirror image of the numerous
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Tsipras invites Middle East investment at second EU-Arab summit
PoliticsForeign Policy, that the Greek economy still had big economic challanges to overcome. “Greece is now facing three stock... the major challenges for Greece over the coming years,” he said. Investment themes covered over the course... beset by turmoil. This means we have to forge greater ties and overcome these challenges together
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MPs gear up for action as To Potami calls it a day and PASOK wobbles
PoliticsGreek Politics, with the sliding scale dropping to 180 votes in the third vote, 151 in the fourth and just a simple majority in the final ballot. The proposal needs to secure just 151 votes to be adopted as 224 MPs voted... the political fallout from the high number of arrivals and challenges in relocating asylum seekers from
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Mitsotakis seeks to wrestle back initiative by launching new revision of Greek Constitution
PoliticsGreek Politics, the next Parliament can amend it with a simple majority of 151 votes. If the current Parliament approves an article with 151 to 179 votes, the next Parliament must reach the higher threshold of 180 votes... modernisation for a country facing 21st‑century challenges. In a message sent on Monday to New Democracy MPs
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