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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits, new faces as election build-up intensifies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis added to the economic pledge he has already made over the last few months at the party’s congress over the weekend as he goes in search of a new boost in the polls that would make a clear majority for the conservatives at the next national elections as certain as possible.
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe row between SYRIZA and New Democracy over the claims made by opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis rumbled on for another day on Thursday as two opinion polls showed a narrower gap between the two parties than other recent surveys.
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Parties trade blows over name deal, corruption claims in fraught atmosphere
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA and New Democracy continued on Wednesday the spat that was sparked by the allegations from opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament regarding the Macedonia name deal being the product of an exchange between the government and Greece’s lenders over the pension cuts that were due next year.
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Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Macedonia name issue continues to dominate the domestic political agenda even thought SYRIZA’s junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), claimed on Tuesday that they have no intention of bringing down the government over this matter.
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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras was in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday but at home, the government and opposition election machinery was picking up speed.
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Scandal allegations playing growing role in path towards elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Greece moves towards the general elections that will take place next year the claims and counter-claims, from SYRIZA and New Democracy in particular, regarding scandals look set to intensify.
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New Democracy increases pressure on potential supporters of Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy kept up the pressure over the Macedonia name issue on Wednesday despite attempts by Skopje to row back from comments by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev which were interpreted by some as referring to a so-called “Macedonian” minority in Greece.
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Mitsotakis on offensive over Macedonia name deal after Zaev comments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government found itself in an awkward position on Tuesday when New Democracy seized on unconfirmed comments by Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Prime Minister Zoran Zaev regarding the use of the Macedonian language.
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Mitsotakis treads carefully as pupils protest Macedonia name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to distance his party from the recent spate of sit-ins and protests by school pupils, mostly in northern Greece, in relation to the Macedonia name issue.
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to reach a deal with the Church of Greece have become the subject of a political battle between SYRIZA and New Democracy, which have also been trading accusations over alleged corruption scandals.