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Mitsotakis puts party unity above consensus with president pick Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has confirmed last-minute rumours by proposing the Speaker of Parliament and New Democracy MP Kostas Tasoulas to be the country’s next President.
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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals The machinations around the election of Greece’s next president are gathering pace ahead of an expected announcement of the government’s candidate this week.
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PASOK takes aim at ND with barrage of economic initiatives as PM focusses on party unity PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has started the year on the front foot with the first of a series of parliamentary initiatives which he hopes will corner the government on the subject of its handling of the economy.
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s return from his Christmas holidays also marks the ramping up of interest in who he will put forward as candidate for the Presidency of the Republic.
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Government lines up bills on education and housing, mulls social media controls for minors The government is drafting several pieces of legislation for the resumption of parliamentary activity after the holidays, focussing on secondary education reform and boosting the housing supply, while the PM’s office is said to be considering ways of limiting access to harmful social media content for underage users.
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PM weighs up options over pick for president ahead of January decision Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided over the last cabinet meeting of 2024 on Monday and is aiming to meet with his ministerial team again in the second week of January, when the media’s attention will be on who the PM will pick as his candidate for the Greek presidency.
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Government stands firm on rejecting PASOK's bank tax proposal The tussle over PASOK’s proposal for a windfall tax on banks continues, with the government setting out its reasons for rejecting the amendment tabled by the social democrats.
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Samaras expulsion casts shadow over New Democracy as SYRIZA prepares for leadership polls With critical votes approaching in the parliamentary calendar, the aftermath of the ousting of former PM Antonis Samaras from New Democracy looks set to preoccupy the ruling party in the weeks ahead.
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PM deploys ministers to soothe restive MPs as ND feels pressure from hard right On his return from a week of diplomatic engagements at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is embarking on a charm offensive to try and placate rebels within New Democracy, as fresh polling confirms the ascendancy of parties to its right.
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Mitsotakis ousts critical MP as signs of unrest within ruling party start to surface The disquiet withing New Democracy, fuelled by the party’s underperformance in this summer’s European Parliament elections, was underlined by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s decision to oust one of his MPs after the parliamentarian criticised government policy.