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Final presidential vote likely to segue into snap elections for Greece The Greek government goes into the final round of the presidential vote on Monday knowing it is unlikely that its candidate, Stavros Dimas, will be elected and that snap national elections will have to be called.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/26/samaras_1000_myrto_2611-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Greek PM offers no more incentives for presidential vote, braces for snap elections Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has decided not to increase the offer he made last Sunday in a bid to secure the election of Stavros Dimas as president in the third and final vote on Monday.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Greeks lose faith in coalition but don't trust SYRIZA, polls indicate Recent surveys have highlighted three clear trends in Greek public opinion: A slight majority in favour of avoiding snap elections, a closing of the gap between SYRIZA and New Democracy and a prevalent mistrust of both the government and the opposition.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms In one more tactical move before the critical final vote for president, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras softened his stance on Sunday, offering a deal to any parties or MPs that back his candidate Stavros Dimas and help avoid snap elections.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
The possible scenarios for avoiding snap elections in Greece Wednesday’s presidential ballot, in which government candidate Stavros Dimas attracted just 160 votes, leaves the coalition with a huge amount of work to do by the final vote on December 29 if it is to have any chance of avoiding early election.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections A total of 160 MPs backed the government's presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, on Wednesday, which was one vote less than the coalition's most conservative estimates. Another 135 voted "present" and five were absent.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/10/10/stournarasasmussen_1000_1010-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
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.