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PM rolls out more help for energy bills, pleads for majority as polls show path narrowing Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his first television interview after the Thessaloniki International Fair on Thursday to address two issues that are having a major impact on the political landscape: the looming surge in energy prices and the increasingly complex arithmetic of the next general election
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Androulakis presents governing plan, dances around questions about post-election alliances Nikos Androulakis used his appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair – including a speech lasting more than 90 minutes and a press conference that went on for more than 3 hours – to stake his party’s claim for voters’ attention after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakos and ELAS leader Alexis Tsipras had their moments in the spotlight.
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Political field in motion as Androulakis waits his turn in Thessaloniki The state of Greek politics against the backdrop of this year’s Thessaloniki International Fair is unusually fluid, marked by competing narratives and a sense that the centre‑left space is entering a decisive phase.
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Tsipras sets electoral battle lines as first autumn poll shows ND's advantage holding Alexis Tsipras has responded to PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s TIF programme in combative style, describing his central aim as inflicting a “strategic and electoral” defeat on the Mitsotakis government, accusing New Democracy of implementing an “invisible MoU” with corporate cartels.
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Ministers defend fiscal package as opposition, professional and social groups push back The government returned from the Thessaloniki International Fair determined to turn Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s 2.2-billion-euro package into a coherent political narrative.
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Mitsotakis heads to TIF amid low expectations as ELAS elaborates on proposals Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis travels to Thessaloniki this weekend for his keynote address at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), seeking to reset the political narrative after the summer and with his focus on the upcoming general election, amid a mood of public frustration and a fragmented opposition landscape.
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Tsipras sets out ELAS economic programme as government and PASOK launch criticism Alexis Tsipras used a special event in Thessaloniki on Wednesday evening to present the four-year economic programme of the Greek Left Alliance (ELAS), the first full policy platform the party has put before voters since its launch in May.
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Government sets stage for TIF as PASOK and ELAS prepare own challenges After being the subject of much speculation over the summer, the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is now just days away and its imminent arrival signals the start of a new phase of intense political mobilisation from all of Greece’s main parties.
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Mitsotakis sets stage for TIF with barrage of good news, PASOK offers relief for debtors With the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) now days away, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and New Democracy have entered a period of intense political choreography with the aim of tempting voters as the general elections approach.
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New Democracy weathers the summer as PASOK attacks RRF delivery record The first post-summer poll found the electoral landscape little changed since June, with New Democracy maintaining a dominant position, and the enthusiasm for newly launched parties ebbing.