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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unveiled his new cabinet on Tuesday, announcing a range of changes but making few eye-catching appointments.
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is gearing up to make a public address on Monday or Tuesday to mark the end of Greece’s third and final programme. His aim will be not just to highlight the symbolism of the moment, but to set out policies that will help convince voters a corner has been turned.
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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented on Thursday the government’s plans for the overhaul of the civil protection authority, seen as one of the major weak points in the response to the Mati fire, which has now claimed 93 lives.
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Reshuffle expected to follow minister's departure in wake of Mati disaster
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlternate Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas was the first political casualty of the recent deadly wildfire in Mati, for which the death toll has risen to 90.
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlmost a week on from the wildfire northeast of Athens that caused the deaths of more than 90 people, the government is facing a major political battle due to the horrifying nature of the disaster, questions about how authorities handled the blaze, criticism from opposition parties and a breakdown of the coalition’s crisis management strategy.
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New Democracy gains MP as new effort to launch nationalist party announced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy gained an MP on Tuesday but also received the news that a new party will be formed to its right.
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Coalition back-and-forth over name deal belies election strategy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGovernment spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos was insistent on Wednesday that there is no need for the coalition to seek a qualified majority in Parliament for the approval of the Macedonia name deal, thereby dismissing the request made by Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos.
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Coalition majority trimmed further after unexpected loss of ANEL MP
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition lost another MP on Tuesday, when Independent Greeks (ANEL) deputy Giorgos Lazaridis unexpectedly announced that he was quitting the party in the wake of the Macedonia name deal.
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Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA special gathering of the two coalition parties’ parliamentary groups on Friday marked the beginning of the government’s effort to capitalise on the debt relief deal with the lenders and the imminent exit from the third programme.
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Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough differences between coalition partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the Macedonia name deal show no signs of abating, the government is making it clear that these different views will not trigger a premature end for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s administration.