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Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance PASOK president Fofi Gennimata enjoyed a comfortable victory in Sunday’s run-off vote for the centre-left leadership and now faces the task of uniting social democratic forces to mount a credible political challenge to SYRIZA and New Democracy.
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Deadly floods blight Athens as progress sought in third review More than a dozen people were killed in flash floods that ravaged the outskirts of Athens on Wednesday, creating a bleak backdrop for political developments this week.
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PASOK emerges victorious from first round of centre-left leadership vote PASOK, and its leader Fofi Gennimata in particular, have emerged strengthened from the first round of voting on Sunday to elect a common leader for Greece’s centre-left parties.
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Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras The Greek government found itself dealing with multiple crises of a very different nature on Friday.
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Tsipras rallies MPs, marks dividing lines with opposition Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stepped up on Wednesday his effort to put distance between SYRIZA and New Democracy in voters’ minds in what many see as a pre-cursor for the political battle to come in Greece over the coming months.
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Coalition seeks to remove review obstacles, turn up pressure on opposition Overcoming the obstacles standing in the way of the completion of the third review, as well as stoking its rivalry with the main opposition appear to be the two things that are uppermost in the government’s mind at the moment.
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Tsakalotos stands ground on taxes, finalises social dividend plan Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos used his speech to Parliament on Thursday concerning the draft budget to defend the government’s fiscal choices, which have often provided the opposition parties with cause to attack Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s administration.
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SYRIZA feeling internal pressure due to handling of refugees The prominent faction of the “53” within SYRIZA has made a point of raising objections to the position taken by the party’s political secretariat after a meeting on Monday.
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Tsipras eyes review conclusion, insists SYRIZA patience will pay off Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured SYRIZA’s political secretariat on Monday that the government will manage to wrap up the third review on time and that better days are on the way for his party.
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Lull in review talks gives PM chance to mind domestic agenda The departure of the institutions from Athens as part of the third review gives Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his government an opportunity to focus on the domestic political agenda, as well as the implementation of the remaining prior actions.