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Kasselakis buoyed by recent bounce in opinion polls as big gap with ND narrows After seeing his party enjoy a bounce in the opinion polls over the last few weeks, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has again targeted an unlikely win in June’s European Parliament elections, or at least for the vote to act as a springboard for the leftists to win the next national vote.
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Management of RRF funds sparks new political tension Greece’s use of the funds available via the RRF has become a contentious political issue after the two main opposition parties, SYRIZA and PASOK, declined to vote in favour of the next request for loan and grants from the European Union.
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Androulakis hopes surveillance ruling will lead to embarrassment for government PASOK 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 At 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 Prime 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 The 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 The 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 The 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 Although 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 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.