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Resurfacing of Prespes Agreement troubles PM as poll picks up on protest vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor putting it on the back burner for the sake of party unity. For his part, former PM and ex-head of SYRIZA... been held back as a potential negotiating card out of distrust of the new administration in Skopje... that government has not stepped back from its “red lines” and that it will not be asking anyone's permission
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Newsletter 424 - 24/05/2024
because some of the respondents saying they will back the party on June 9 did not vote in the last... After recording back-to-back gains in February and March, industrial turnover fell sharply by 6 pct
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Six-day work week triggers opposition attack on labour reforms
PoliticsGreek Politicspledged to roll back the changes to labour laws introduced by New Democracy during their five years in office, accusing the government of turning back the clock on workers’ rights in the name of business... that labour shortages are holding back the economy. The initiatives have included the introduction of special
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Government acts to prevent energy price shock in move critics say comes too late
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing days of speculation, the government is bringing back an emergency levy on electricity..., however, that the government has been caught on the back foot by the rally which has seen the wholesale... in frontline posts in regional hospitals. Mitsotakis attempted to step back from the confrontational tone
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PASOK edges into second place as leadership contest takes shape
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey will back incumbent Nikos Androulakis, 22.6 pct prefer Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, 17.2 pct... they will back Androulakis in the second round, while 39.5 pct prefer Doukas. Another 12.7 pct said they would back neither. Should the leadership contest conclude with Androulakis being re-elected
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SYRIZA consumed by new leadership drama as PASOK rubber stamps candidacies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the vote for PASOK’s next president, 23.5 pct say they will back Androulakis, 22.6 pct Doukas, 17.2... of those who say they will definitely participate say they will back Androulakis in the second round, while 39.5 pct prefer Doukas. Another 12.7 pct said they would back neither. Given the instability
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PASOK candidates make final push as government plays down latest dig from rogue MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis and lead the social democrats back into government. The current leader Nikos Androulakis... grumbles from the party’s deputies suggest that Mitsotakis’s charm offensive to win back the rank... that he is in for a drip-feed of questions and demands from back-benchers threatening to undermine
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Samaras expulsion casts shadow over New Democracy as SYRIZA prepares for leadership polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy parliamentary party would be expected to back it without dissent, however in the present... to back his pick – indeed Mitsotakis himself had gone against the party line as an MP by not supporting... put on the agenda by Samaras and his supporters, who have made it known that they will not back
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Newsletter 442 - 22/11/2024
normal conditions, the New Democracy parliamentary party would be expected to back it without dissent... on the votes of the 155 remaining lawmakers in the party to back his pick. The identity of the next... that they will not back Sakellaropoulou for a second term due to her public support for the same-sex
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PM intervenes on bank charges as budget attracts extra support
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterventions to pare back unpopular bank charges. Mitsotakis again rejected PASOK’s proposal for an extra tax... on Friday that Mitsotakis is set to bring Avgenakis back into the fold even though government officials had given assurances at the time of his ousting that there would be no way back for the Cretan MP
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