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Protests give Mitsotakis chance to round on under-fire coalition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking to build on his party’s lead over SYRIZA by making the anti-government protests planned for Wednesday evening in Athens and Thessaloniki as uncomfortable as possible for the coalition.
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests The government distanced itself on Thursday from comments made by Education Minister Nikos Fylis in which he suggested plans to hold next week protests in Athens and Thessaloniki against the government are at the “outer edge of what is permissible” under the Greek constitution.
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Mitsotakis takes first step in remoulding New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis took the first step towards shaping New Democracy according to his vision over the weekend, when the conservative party’s congress resulted in significant gains for the recently-elected leader.
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Youth wing scrap prefaces test for Mitsotakis at ND congress New Democracy is looking ahead to its congress this weekend, the first since Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected party president and a key test for his nascent leadership.
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New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND The government’s growing problems in dealing with the refugee crisis and the prolonged negotiations with Greece’s lenders are damaging the coalition’s credibility and working in the favour of the opposition parties.
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief Following Tuesday night’s tempestuous debate in Parliament, New Democracy stole a march on an apparently unprepared government by tabling on Wednesday a proposal for a parliamentary committee to investigate last year’s bailout negotiations, the imposition of capital controls and the bank recapitalisation.
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Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle Having adopted a moderate stance on the refugee crisis in previous weeks, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has decided to be more aggressive in his criticism of the government over this issue.
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Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances Setting aside the current hot button issues, such as the refugee crisis and the pending bailout review, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Thursday to restore his party’s dire finance to proper health.
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Pension reform a precarious battleground for Tsipras and Mitsotakis Pension reform provided the first battleground for Alexis Tsipras and Kyriakos Mitsotakis to clash on since the latter became New Democracy leader.
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PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win PASOK and To Potami have been feeling the aftershock of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s win in the New Democracy leadership race, with different views emerging in each part about how they could deal with a possible resurgence in the conservatives’ fortunes.