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Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs had been expected, the new electoral law was approved in Parliament on Thursday night but with a simple majority rather than a supermajority of at least 200 votes. The result means that 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next elections but the system of proportional representation, which
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Papandreou's bid for new role in Greek politics far from simple task
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Prime Minister George Papandreou is expected to unveil his new party on Saturday, in time for it to take part in the January 25 elections. The precise details of the personalities and policies that will make up the party are not yet known but it ...
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Next government in strong position to decouple presidential vote from snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRelying on just a simple majority, the next Greek government will have the opportunity to decouple... be altered with the support of just a simple majority of lawmakers i.e. 151 out of 300. In another rare... neutrality” received a simple majority of 156 votes, meaning that a qualified majority will be needed
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Post-election blamestorming or Why Harris lost and the Democrats should nominate Oprah
Agoraas president. The reasons this year are both complex and simple. Complex, because there was a general sense... circus that sucked the oxygen out of all other political discourse. But also, simple because the basic... with the ‘simple’ bit. It wasn’t misogyny and it wasn’t racism that cost Harris the presidency. People
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the constitution with a simple majority. If only a simple majority approves the process, then a qualified
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
Parliament can approve changes to the constitution with a simple majority. If only a simple
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Tsipras eyes common ground with centre-left over revision of constitution
PoliticsGreek Politics. If there is a simple majority in favour, it means that the next Parliament will have to approve..., there is such a majority in favour now, a simple majority in the future will suffice to rubber-stamp the changes.
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
to be elected by Parliament as even a simple majority will suffice) brings two distinct benefits for Mitsotakis... in the coming days even with a simple majority, the new system would apply in the second vote
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Tsipras looks for fresh start as Mitsotakis holds election cards
PoliticsGreek Politicsvote, based on a simple proportional representation system, negating the need for a second ballot using..., there is little prospect of SYRIZA winning the next elections, even though the simple PR system
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
AgoraThe Greek bailout was primarily designed to protect the rest of the eurozone from contagion in its banking sector. It's basically as simple as that. International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde admitted as much in an interview on Monday. “The choice was made to make sure
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