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Govt rushes in new energy measures as Brussels decision on gas price cap deferred As the European Commission and EU member states continue to wrestle with proposals for some form of cap on the price of natural gas, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced yet another package of measures aimed at cushioning the impact of high energy costs on Greek consumers
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ND sees limited political threats on path to next year's elections The government reportedly sees the energy crisis and relations with Turkey as the two crucial political issues for the months ahead, apparently believing that the worst is over as far as the wiretapping affair is concerned, although developments on that issue have not stopped despite the parliamentary inquiry wrapping up proceedings on Friday.
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Frustrated Androulakis rounds off surveillance inquiry as issue fails to gain traction The parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance scandal, which has been beset by friction between the government and the opposition over the scope and thrust of the investigation, concluded on Friday with the questioning of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis by MPs.
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Cost-of-living, surveillance developments encourage ND to target majority in 2023 Following his numerous appearances in New York and the latest opinion polls showing that New Democracy has so far suffered minimal damage from the surveillance scandal, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is looking ahead to the upcoming election campaign with greater optimism and a growing sense that his party may be able to secure a parliamentary majority.
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Opposition anger at constrained surveillance inquiry not yet reflected in public mood The opposition parties are growing increasingly frustrated with what they see as the government’s attempts to obstruct any meaningful investigation into the surveillance scandal, which for the time being seems to be low down on the list of Greek voters’ priorities.
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Surveillance scandal produces more damaging revelations for ND Just as Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in New York for a series of high-level meetings before his address to the United Nations general assembly later this week, the prime minister’s administration was beset by further problems at home as the parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance scandal took a surprising, and potentially damaging, turn.
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside Following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s appearance in Thessaloniki over the weekend, when he set out a raft of policies aimed at tackling the cost-of-living crisis, the government has tried again to move the focus of the political debate back to its proposed measures even though the opposition remains focussed on delving deeper into the phonetapping scandal.
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis used his maiden speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Wednesday to hit out at both the ruling New Democracy party and its main rival SYRIZA, in an attempt to position the socialists as a distinct and realistic alternative to the two largest political forces.
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SYRIZA, PASOK leaders prepare responses to stark choice presented by PM As SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis prepare to travel to Thessaloniki to provide their responses to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the trade fair on Saturday, the surveillance scandal continues to be a bone of contention between the government and the opposition.
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Surveillance affair snowballs as opposition makes new spyware claim The phone tapping scandal took another twist on Friday, when a SYRIZA MP claimed that he, too, had been targeted by the Predator spyware, fuelling an already very tense atmosphere between the government and the opposition, epitomised by MPs walking out of the parliamentary inquiry.