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PASOK resists invitation to discuss watchdog appointments, citing ND's questionable record Greece’s ruling New Democracy and opposition PASOK are locked in a bitter dispute over the future of the country’s independent authorities, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seeking consensus on new appointments and PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis refusing to engage.
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Tension over financial checks on Tempe families indicative of new faultline in Greek politics The fallout from Greece’s deadliest rail disaster continues to reverberate nearly three years on, as the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) launches a financial investigation into the association formed by families of the victims.
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Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Youth Study Greece 2024, based on a representative survey of 1,000 respondents aged 14–29, paints a picture of a generation that values independence and family warmth, prizes career success, distrusts political institutions and is squeezed by economic barriers that delay adulthood.
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Post Office branch closures spark internal revolt in ND as voter scepticism grows The government’s plan to shut down 204 branches of the Hellenic Post (ELTA) has triggered a full-blown rebellion within New Democracy, with MPs railing against the decision in a marathon teleconference that exposed deep fractures in the ruling party.
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Survey charting young voters presents diverse fractures and politics The Eteron Institute’s survey “X‑ray of Voters 2025,” based on 2,574 interviews conducted between 24 March and 4 April 2025, paints a complex, sometimes contradictory portrait of youth in Greece, showing that “the young” are neither monolithic nor uniformly progressive.
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Confusion over Tempe findings allows government to claim victory over "disinformation campaign" The political row over the handling of the 2023 Tempe rail crash took another turn on Tuesday, when the government agency charged with investigating the cause of the accident voted to stand by its original findings, reversing an earlier announcement that it would remove a controversial section.
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New Tempe row brewing amid doubts over rail safety report A new row is brewing over the Tempe issue after the head of the Hellenic Air & Rail Safety Investigation Authority (EODOASAAM) said that he would be removing part of the body’s recent report into Greece’s worst rail disaster.
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PM abandons reticence over Tempe, portrays himself as defender of institutions Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has abandoned the more reticent and defensive approach he adopted in relation to the Tempe issue following the mass protests on January 26 and has gone on the attack, once more accusing the opposition of trying to exploit the tragedy.
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Tempe crash protests renew public pressure on government, give opposition fresh impetus Large protests were held across Greece on Sunday to support the calls for justice in the case of the Tempe train crash, putting renewed pressure on the government and potentially triggering a fresh effort by opposition parties to hold Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his administration to account over Greece’s deadliest train accident.
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ND's ratings hold despite choice of president but concern builds about Trump effect Another opinion poll has been published this week suggesting that Greeks are not enthused by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s choice for President of the Republic, but that this lack of enthusiasm does not seem to have harmed the popularity of the government, which seems intent on treading carefully regarding identity issues now that Donald Trump has assumed the US presidency.