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Outrage at Sunak snub mixed with unease at PM's handling of Marbles talks Political leaders in Greece have been unified in condemning UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for cancelling a meeting with PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the latter called for the return of the Parthenon sculptures.
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Dissent in ND ranks as SYRIZA leader struggles to find stable pattern Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is on a working visit to the UK but he is facing some dissent in the New Democracy ranks, although this opposition pales in comparison with the ongoing rebellion against SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis by members of his own party.
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Kasselakis aiming to bounce back as SYRIZA continues to take hits Stefanos Kasselakis is aiming to rebound after suffering another body blow to his leadership of SYRIZA in the form of the departure of more MPs and the publication of yet another opinion poll showing the left-wing party losing second place.
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PM launches reconstruction plan for disaster-hit regions as SYRIZA walkout spawns new group Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined a package for relief and reconstruction of the areas hit by floods and wildfires in the past summer, which were immediately criticised by opposition parties.
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SYRIZA turbulence shakes up opposition politics SYRIZA’s decline in the opinion polls and the internal disruption that has followed the election of Stefanos Kasselakis as leader is creating a new reality as far as opposition politics in Greece is concerned.
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Mitsotakis stands firm on self-employed tax as disintegrating SYRIZA falls behind in polls Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has vowed to press ahead with a controversial taxation scheme for self-employed earners, defying the threat of protests from professional associations.
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SYRIZA facing more departures as party's position continues to weaken SYRIZA is bracing itself for further high-profile departures as the left-wing party continues to struggle to find its footing in the wake of a change of leadership in September.
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SYRIZA slips behind PASOK in opinion poll but Kasselakis insists course is correct Unsurprisingly, the recent infighting in SYRIZA, which culminated in the party’s left-wing “Umbrella” faction walking out over the weekend, has not helped make the leftists more attractive to the Greek electorate, despite the efforts of new leader Stefanos Kasselakis to state his case for renewal.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/09/29/parliamentfence_1000_myrto2909-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Opposition parties accuse ND of manipulating inquiry into Tempe crash MPs have voted for a parliamentary inquiry into the rail crash at Tempe which resulted in 57 deaths in February, but opposition parties warn that New Democracy intends to manipulate the process to shield politicians from criminal charges.
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SYRIZA reverberations continue as MPs debate Tempe rail crash inquiry The fallout from this weekend’s turbulent events affecting the main opposition party, SYRIZA, continued to jolt the leftists. Since party leader Stefanos Kasselakis threw down the gauntlet by challenging dissenters, there has been a steady trickle of cadres announcing their departure from SYRIZA.