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Coalition focuses on positives as MPs gear up for vote on vast multi-bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is preparing to submit a multi-bill that will reportedly stretch to around 600 pages and is expecting that it will receive full support from SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs.
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Tsipras focussed on MoU exit in 2018 but will have to avoid pitfalls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhile the government is preparing to start 2018 with its focus fully on completing the third review in January, it ends 2017 under pressure from the main opposition party to clarify its stance on talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to resolve the longstanding name dispute between Athens and Skopje.
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition has come under pressure from the opposition to clarify its stance on negotiations with Skopje over the Macedonia name issue after junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos reaffirmed his hardline position on the matter.
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Tussle over arms deal sets tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDespite their best efforts, neither the government nor the opposition could convincingly claim victory in the debate over the stalled arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Monday.
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Athens waits to sound out IMF, PM moves on from vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the wake of Tuesday’s testing vote in Parliament on the gender change bill and ahead of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Washington next week, the government has some time to take stock of the progress in the third review.
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government made it through Tuesday’s vote on the draft legislation allowing Greeks to change their gender identity without needing medical treatment.
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRecent attempts by Greece’s opposition parties to drive a wedge between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) appear to have made the coalition members even more determined to stick together and remain in power.
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner ANEL, attempted on Thursday to nip in the bud any speculation that his party and SYRIZA are about to go their separate ways over ideological differences.
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Full backing for multi-bill from coalition MPs, Tsipras looks to lenders for next step
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe multi-bill of measures agreed between the Greek government and its lenders passed through Parliament in Athens on Thursday night with the support of all 153 coalition MPs.
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Tsipras rallies ministers and MPs before multi-bill arrives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe multi-bill containing the measures the government has agreed with the lenders is due to be submitted to Parliament next week, amid efforts by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ensure that there are no second thoughts from coalition MPs.