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Talk of negative impact from political risk sees tightening of Greek polls The sense that Greece is in a full swing election campaign grew on Monday, as New Democracy and SYRIZA traded serious accusations, while Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras warned that political instability is undermining the local economy.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Challenging three days of diplomatic talks, protests and budget voting ahead for Greece Friday marks the beginning of a tricky three days for Greece and the government in particular, with diplomatic talks, street protests and the voting of the budget all on the agenda.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
SYRIZA shows keener interest in foreign policy as possible elections near Seeing the government close to buckling under the pressure of having to meet the troika's targets, SYRIZA's Alexis Tsipras chose to inflict his own kind of pain on Wednesday, when he claimed that a leftist government would not be bound by the demands made by Greece's lenders.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
SYRIZA builds clear but not conclusive lead in polls as PASOK and GD fade Another weekend has passed and another set of polls have given SYRIZA a clear but not decisive lead over New Democracy.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
EU elections do not mark end of numbers game in Greek politics The results of the European Parliament elections in Greece have put any prospects of snap general elections, even though SYRIZA has made a formal request for the country to go to the polls soon.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Elections results present fresh challenges for SYRIZA and New Democracy The final results from Sunday’s European Parliament elections confirmed that SYRIZA gained a victory of 3.9 percentage points over New Democracy but the outcome of the ballot left both parties to think about in the weeks ahead.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Five things to watch for in today's elections in Greece Today’s European Parliament and local elections in Greece are expected to produce a wealth of political factors that will have a bearing on the country’s future.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Bookies see clear win for SYRIZA in EU elections but not in local vote Following the first round of local elections in Greece on May 18, betting companies have not made any material revisions to their odds for the winning party in the European Parliament (EP) elections on Sunday. They have, though, adjusted odds for the winners of local elections.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections? There will be a number of results to look out for in Greece’s elections on Sunday: Will SYRIZA win any of the key cities or regions? Will independents reign over party nominees? Will New Democracy prevail in the regional vote? But the result that will dominate proceedings will be who wins the European Parliament elections and by how much.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![en_GB Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/05/20/goldendawn_myrto_2005-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Golden Dawn rears its head in local polls, prompting rethink from main parties The first round of local elections on Sunday reinforced the belief that the threat of Golden Dawn to Greece’s political system has not disappeared and it has forced the mainstream parties to come up with new ways of tackling the matter.