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Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks New Democracy politicians presented a united front defending the government against a censure motion triggered by its handling of the deadly Tempe rail crash. Their fulsome support for resigned transport minister Kostas Karamanlis brought condemnation from the opposition parties, who accuse the government of arrogance.
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New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion Opposition parties directed a barrage of cover-up accusations at the government over the Tempe crash at the opening of a three-day debate on the censure motion submitted on Tuesday.
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash Greece’s opposition parties are expected to table this Tuesday a censure motion in Parliament as part of an attempt to hold the government to account over what they believe is a cover-up attempt in connection to last year’s deadly Tempe train crash.
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is on an official visit to Canada, faces a political storm on his return to Athens amid accusations that his government was involved in the doctoring of audio recordings connected to the Tempe train crash in order to make the claim that the accident was solely the result of human error more plausible.
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Waning support in opinion polls generates concern for government Two more opinion polls published on Thursday have provided further cause for concern in the ranks of the ruling New Democracy party, especially as one shows the centre-right grouping’s projected support dropping by around 5 percentage points.
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Opposition parties vow not to let up on Tempe despite inquiry verdict The conclusions of a parliamentary inquiry laying the blame for the Tempe rail crash on human error were roundly rejected by opposition parties in Parliament, in an indication that the handling of the deadly incident will continue to dog the New Democracy administration.
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government Parallel investigations into the security breach which enabled a government MEP to mass-email overseas voters in the run-up to the European Parliament elections are set to continue despite efforts by the prime minister’s office to contain the damage.
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MEPs agree to keep Tempe file open despite government's efforts to conclude inquiry Despite the conclusion last week of the parliamentary inquiry into the Tempe train crash, the government’s hopes that the issue will slip down the agenda suffered a blow on Monday, when relatives of the 57 victims in the accident appeared before a European Parliament committee again.
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Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data New Democracy is hoping that by leaving MEP Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou off its candidate list for the upcoming European Parliament elections following the row about how she obtained voters' email addresses it has laid the potentially damaging issue to rest.
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote With one eye on the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the fear that many voters will use it as a chance to vent their frustrations, the government is turning its attention towards the migration issue again.