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PM set to prolong coal use, sparking complaints about energy policy U-turn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA decision to prolong the use life of several coal-burning power stations has put Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the spot, as opposition parties accuse him of being personally responsible for the energy crisis he is purporting to address.
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Parties re-work strategies as clearer picture emerges for election run-up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere is widespread acceptance among the Greek media and political commentators that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has dropped any thoughts of holding snap elections in the coming months, partly as a result of the battering his New Democracy party is taking due to the cost-of-living crisis.
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Inflation triggers political machinations, move to increase budget spending
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is set to submit a supplementary budget that will allow it to increase spending by as much as 2 billion euros compared to the initial budget for 2022, underlining the pressure that New Democracy is under to find solutions to the cost-of-living crisis, not only to help households and businesses but also to stop the party’s slide in opinion polls.
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Mitsotakis sweeps aside election talk as ND continues to suffer in polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor the second time in a week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has flatly denied any plans to hold snap elections or to change the electoral law yet again after his New Democracy administration adopted a form of enhanced proportional representation (PR) after the next vote, which will be held under a pure form of PR.
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PM focuses on high prices, food supplies as snap election option fades away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe cost-of-living crisis remains the government’s number one priority after little progress was made on containing energy prices at last week’s European Union leaders’ summit.
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs his government continues to slide in the opinion polls, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to impose a windfall tax on energy companies if they make excess profits from rising bills. He also ruled out snap elections or a change to the electoral law.
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Fallout from Ukraine war being fed into calculations about next general elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsComments by a government official appear to have doused expectations of snap elections before the summer, but speculation remains as lively as ever about an early vote later this year, possibly accompanied by another change to the electoral system.
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PM unveils 1.1-billion-euro anti-inflation package to opposition scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is pinning its hopes on a new support package to blunt the effects of galloping inflation on households and businesses, but the opposition is accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of being too timid and missing the mark.
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Athens hoping for period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations after PM's talks with Erdogan
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is expecting a new political environment in its relations with Ankara, to retain open communication channels and a period of tranquility in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean following the meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, on Sunday.
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Hopes of EU providing immediate relief wane as economic challenges multiply
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first day of the EU leaders’ summit in Versailles on Thursday did not produce particularly encouraging developments for the Greek government, which is hoping that Europe will step in to provide solutions on the fiscal front as the energy crisis and runaway inflation fuel political concern.