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Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
Greece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
Rarely has Greece gone into an election period with so many pieces in flux as it is now. The only thing we know for sure about the 20 September ballot is that we really can’t be sure of much.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
TINA politics and the Greek elections
Having struck a highly controversial agreement with Greece’s European creditors, former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is now confronted in real time with a fundamentally changing political landscape.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Greece (498)
Election Watch: End of an era as Papandreous bow out of elections
With his announcement that his Kinima (Movement) party will not contest the forthcoming elections “for financial reasons”, George Papandreou seems to be drawing a close on his family’s almost century-long involvement in Greek politics.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
Tsipras and the binary opposition
The morning after July’s referendum win was a bittersweet moment for Alexis Tsipras. It dawned on him that he had an overwhelming mandate not to accept new, onerous bailout terms but, at the same time, that he could not risk Greece’s position in the euro. Fulfilling both desires would require a gold medal-winning balancing act on the political high beam.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)