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Opinion polls show drop in support for ND, continuing concern about inflation Two opinion polls published on Thursday indicate that there has been a rare decline in support for the ruling New Democracy party since December as voters remain unhappy about efforts to contain the cost of living and amid substantial scepticism about the marriage equality bill due to be voted in Parliament in mid-February.
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations Same-sex marriage looks set to prove less of a stumbling block for the government than initially thought, while a last-minute attempt to extend postal voting to national elections torpedoed the consensus cultivated with opposition parties.
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Late switch smashes accord over postal vote, but marriage equality compromise still intact The government’s surprise attempt to extend the postal vote to national, as well as European, elections appears to have undermined any chance of political consensus over the issue.
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Government tests cross-party consensus with postal vote amendment New Democracy’s surprise decision to extend its proposal on postal voting to national elections has made opposition parties reconsider their support for the reform.
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PM changes tune on inflation, ready to take further steps Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged more measures to combat inflation just days after his government intervened in a bid to contain the cost of living.
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Mitsotakis identifies triangulation as key to success, Kasselakis gathers MPs for policy talks As Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talked up in Davos his government’s record on tackling the migration issue, broadening citizens’ rights in Greece and improving the country’s economy, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis welcomed his party’s MPs to his home on Spetses for a few days of intensive discussions aimed at getting the leftists out of the rut they have been in since last summer’s general elections.
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Government pins hopes on new measures to control runaway price hikes The government’s latest raft of anti-inflation measures designed to tackle prices on supermarket shelves was tabled in Parliament this week. The New Democracy administration is promising tough enforcement against profiteering, but opposition parties continue to call for a more radical approach.
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Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs After two days during which New Democracy MPs were briefed privately by government officials about the reasoning behind the marriage equality bill, as well as its details, the party appears confident that most of its lawmakers will back the legislation, although this still means that many could vote against it.
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Centrist voters emerge as key to same-sex marriage initiative The latest polls are yielding a more nuanced picture of the Greek public’s attitude to same-sex marriage and adoption, potentially backing up Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s instincts in pursuing the legislation against the objections of the ultra-conservative wing of his party.
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Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition The same-sex marriage bill is continuing to cause turmoil in Greece’s main political parties as at least one minister looks set to quit the New Democracy cabinet over the issue, while some SYRIZA officials have taken exception to the leftist party’s leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, ordering his MPs to vote in favour of the draft legislation or face expulsion.