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Fallout from Ukraine war being fed into calculations about next general elections Comments by a government official appear to have doused expectations of snap elections before the summer, but speculation remains as lively as ever about an early vote later this year, possibly accompanied by another change to the electoral system.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
IPI rise of 8.1 pct in Dec marks full year of growth, totalling nearly 10 pct Greece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) recorded another notable rise of 8.1 percent year-on-year (YoY) in December, from an upwards revised 8.4 percent annual increase in November, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Thursday.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023 The government appears to be focussing most of its efforts on addressing the impact of inflation, and therefore minimising any political impact it might have, as it believes that the threat from the pandemic is waning.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Opposition questions true scale of PM's handouts, as speculation grows about snap polls Opposition parties have been picking holes in New Democracy’s economic programme, which Finance Minister Christos Staikouras detailed on Monday following the prime minister’s address at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Loosening of restrictions on expat vote fails to secure Parliament's approval A government-sponsored amendment to the electoral law aimed lifting the restrictions on Greek citizens voting remotely has failed to gather the 200 votes required in Parliament.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions The expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Protests and policing shake up political agenda as early election scenarios resurface The controversy over growing protests and the reaction of the police continued over the three-day weekend which marked the start of Lent in Greece, prompting what seems increasingly like a strategic turning point for the country’s main political parties.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Overseas ballots in spotlight as govt accelerates voter enrolment campaign The subject of the overseas vote has emerged once again as a hot topic in Greece, after recent reports linked the planned enrolment campaign to New Democracy’s political strategy for the next elections.
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Society Report emphasises high level of dissatisfaction with democracy in Greece A report by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge tracking satisfaction with democracy globally has charted how the feelings of Greeks have fluctuated over past decades and underlines how dissatisfaction grew during the crisis.
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PoliticsGreek Politics ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president MPs are due to begin debating on Wednesday the government’s proposed change to the electoral law, which is highly unlikely to gain the necessary level of support to avoid Greece’s next general election being held under the proportional representation system.