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New president receives strong endorsement, hints at areas of interest Senior judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou was elected Greece new, and first female, president on Wednesday by the vast majority of the country’s MPs, vindicating Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s choice, but also justifying SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras’s decision to support her candidacy.
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PM brings law and order back onto agenda as foreign policy issues dominate Foreign policy issues have been dominating the domestic political agenda in Greece over the past few days, although the government has tried to shift focus back to internal matters via its law and order agenda.
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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration The interview Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave to Alpha TV on Thursday night was dominated by foreign policy issues but also included some new insight into the government’s fiscal plans for this year.
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Mitsotakis eyes multiple benefits after nominating top judge to be first female president Kyriakos Mitsotakis has named Council of State president Katerina Sakellaropoulou as his party’s candidate to become Greece’s first female head of state in a move that counters recent criticism about the lack of women in his cabinet and puts pressure on his political rivals to back New Democracy’s proposal.
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president MPs are due to begin debating on Wednesday the government’s proposed change to the electoral law, which is highly unlikely to gain the necessary level of support to avoid Greece’s next general election being held under the proportional representation system.
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Pension bill to be unveiled as govt prepared for fifth post-MoU review Following a week when foreign policy dominated the political agenda in Greece, the government’s attention turns to the more mundane matters of the fifth enhanced surveillance review and pension reform in the coming days.
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PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law Fresh from his trip to Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with opposition leaders on Friday and was reminded that he would not have an easy ride from his political rivals over plans for closer defence cooperation with the US and his bid to change the electoral law.
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, just days after Greece, Cyprus and Israel signed the EastMed pipeline accord, a project that has been strongly backed by Washington.
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ND mulls next tax cuts as it prepares to unveil new electoral law The year ends with the government considering how it will use any available fiscal space in 2020 to reduce taxes further.
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020 The year ends with Greece being hit by a cold snap and high winds, but with the government planning to get 2020 off to a smooth and convincing start.