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Famellos presents struggling SYRIZA’s case, pleads for unity among progressives SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos has tried to set out his alternative offering at the Thessaloniki International Fair just a few days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented his significant tax-cut package.
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism Opposition parties have set to the task of picking apart the government’s Thessaloniki International Fair package, which PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis described as the biggest tax reform in recent history.
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Revival of Mitsotakis-Tsipras rivalry points to future developments on political scene In no small part due to some deft manoeuvring of his own, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emerged from this weekend’s events with the aura of being one of current Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s main political rivals even though the SYRIZA MP has not publicly indicated his intention to return to frontline politics.
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Labour reforms controversy threatens to eclipse autumn support package The government is facing pushback over its latest labour reforms just as it prepares to launch an autumn comeback with a package of tax cuts and support measures aimed at working families.
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Opposition unable to join forces over recognition of Palestinian state The inability of Greece’s opposition parties to work together, even on issues that are causing the government discomfort, is being highlighted again as PASOK is set to intensify calls for the recognition of a Palestinian state without coordinating its efforts with any of the other progressive parties.
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Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy The government is doubling down on the stricter migration policy and harsher rhetoric on the issue, which has intensified since Thanos Plevris took over as the country's Migration Minister.
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Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas Opposition parties are preparing to lift their unofficial moratorium on criticising the government for its handling of several serious wildfires which left a tail of devastation across different parts of the country since the start of August.
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PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash With many Greeks still on their summer holidays, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has taken to social media to talk up the success of the evaluation process his government has overseen for the public health service.
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Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires Opposition parties are demanding accountability from the government, after what they claim was a disastrous response to multiple wildfires which burned thousands of hectares of forest and farmland, encroaching into villages and suburbs, over the last 48 hours.
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Wildfires and healthcare failings test government over summer season The government is bracing for the assessment of the toll from the latest spate of wildfires which are still burning across the country after weeks of dry hot weather. The summer season is also testing the national health system, with several reported incidents highlighting staffing gaps and ageing infrastructure.