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Androulakis hopes surveillance ruling will lead to embarrassment for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis is hoping to keep up the pressure on the government and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis after a ruling by Greece’s highest administrative court reinstated his legal right to request information on his surveillance by the national intelligence service.
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PM tries to rally party, hoping to overcome past indiscretions on road to EP vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAt New Democracy’s three-day party conference, which concluded on Sunday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rally the conservatives and get them to focus on the upcoming European Parliament elections.
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Mitsotakis limps into party conference looking to rally ND for EP elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to launch this Friday New Democracy’s latest party conference amid a much more sombre mood than he might have expected a few months ago.
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Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek public’s trust in state institutions has plummeted in the past five years, according to surveys published this week. The findings present a troubling counterpoint to polls which show New Democracy and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis continuing to enjoy a dominant position on the political scene.
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Policing in spotlight after shocking domestic violence incident
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe failure of the police to prevent the murder of a woman by her ex-partner outside a local police station where she had gone to seek protection has put the New Democracy government on the spot over its law-and-order policies.
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PM attempts to regroup, shift focus after testing week over Tempe crash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is trying to regroup after a testing few days last week, during which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis came under renewed fire over his handling of the Tempe train crash investigation while also losing two of his closest aides.
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Resignations of two key aides undermines PM's attempt to rebuff crash cover-up claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough the government, which has a significant parliamentary majority, was not troubled by last night’s no-confidence vote, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not escape unscathed from the process.
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Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew 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
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition 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
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’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.