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Newsletter 297 - 21/05/2021
to counter the government’s coronavirus recovery plan by presenting its own proposal for making the best use of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility. On the pandemic front, daily confirmed infections remain stubbornly above the 2,000 mark this week, with Wednesday’s daily figure coming in at 2,293
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Newsletter 368 - 03/02/2023
PoliticsSYRIZA steps up effort to derail ND’s re-election campaignAfter seeing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis walk away from last Friday’s no confidence vote relatively unscathed, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras tried this week to step up his efforts to improve his party’s chances in the upcoming
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Newsletter 382 - 26/05/2023
PoliticsND landslide reverberates across Greek political landscapeSunday’s landslide election victory for New Democracy has shaken up Greece’s political landscape and the main opposition party.... The left-wing party’s support plummeted to 20 pct, 11 points lower than in 2019 and some 10 points
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough the attention of Greece’s main political parties is shifting to the first round of local elections this coming weekend, the government’s manoeuvring last week - which led to replacement of board members at the country’s communications privacy watchdog – has infuriated the opposition, which
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PM claims victory as marriage equality law passes despite dissent in govt, opposition ranks
PoliticsGreek Politicsmarriage equality on Thursday night, marking a landmark in the country’s human rights evolution and elevating the government’s reformist credentials, but at a cost for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as almost a third of his party’s MPs did not vote for the bill. After two days of debate, which
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
Greece’s progressive political forces. The SYRIZA leader suggested in social media post at the start of the week that the discussion about uniting the centre-left has begun because New Democracy’s poor result on June 9 has caused concern within the “system” about Mitsotakis’s prospects and is looking
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Mitsotakis's predecessors launch caustic attacks against PM's leadership, government policies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s predecessors, both as heads of government and New... at a book presentation in Athens and were both heavily critical of the government’s policies and the PM’s... Democracy’s result was almost 5 points below the goal set by the PM and was the first time since
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Newsletter 436 - 11/10/2024
’s vote could be crucial in shaping the strength and depth of the opposition’s challenge.... Although Doukas’s achievement, coming from political obscurity last year to challenging for the leadership... for PASOK as the results from last year’s national elections, as well as this year’s European
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New polls suggest picking party veteran for president helps PM in goal of mobilising ND base
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters to the news that New Democracy veteran Kostas Tasoulas is Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s pick to be the country’s next president, but that this choice is likely to help the PM in his task... approve of the PM’s choice. When broken down by political orientation, the numbers suggest
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been consolidating his government’s position, trying to navigate turbulence stirred by the farming subsidy scandal while reinforcing New Democracy’s appeal to right-wing... untie Gordian knots, you cut them,” he declared, announcing that by mid-2026, OPEKEPE’s
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