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PM prepares to reaffirm political dominance in EP elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPreparations for the upcoming European Parliament elections are gathering pace, with New Democracy hoping to confirm its political dominance and limit any visible signs of wear and tear.
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThis Friday’s vote in Parliament on the government’s university reform bill provides the main political showpiece of the week as it is the latest issue over which the government and the opposition disagree.
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Backwash from stormy congress still rocking SYRIZA as support for Greek Solution rises
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA continues to suffer the aftereffects of its turbulent party conference last week as ultranationalist Greek Solution emerges as the main beneficiary of a decline in support for all the main parties, including New Democracy.
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Government focuses on cost of living and farming as polls confirm strong lead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe protests of recent weeks have not dented New Democracy’s lead in the opinion polls, leaving Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to focus on the areas which the government considers to be key to its continuing dominance, namely inflation, farming and managing the stealthy rise of the far-right vote.
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University bill meets with strong opposition as MPs begin debating reform
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMPs are due to begin debating on Tuesday the government’s university reform bill, which paves the way for foreign institutions to set up chapters in Greece and appears to have no support from the opposition parties.
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Kasselakis takes up leadership challenge as SYRIZA struggles to retain credibility
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust five months after electing a new leader, SYRIZA’s regression in the opinion polls has now been matched by intense infighting over the approach taken by Stefanos Kasselakis.
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Government's proposals for draconian sentencing deemed unenforceable by opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFresh reforms to the criminal justice code which the government claims will speed up court cases and provide better protection for citizens are being questioned by opposition parties who are calling them populist and warning they will prove ineffective.
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PM claims victory as marriage equality law passes despite dissent in govt, opposition ranks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece became the first Christian Orthodox country and the 16th in the European Union to legislate marriage equality on Thursday night, marking a landmark in the country’s human rights evolution and elevating the government’s reformist credentials, but at a cost for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as almost a third of his party’s MPs did not vote for the bill.
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Centre-left parties jockey for position ahead of EP elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInternal rumblings continue to dominate developments in SYRIZA, where the recent actions of leader Stefanos Kasselakis have set off another round of recriminations among senior party members.
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PM pins hopes on conciliatory approach to soften farmers' protests
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is hoping that last-minute additions to the support package for farmers will be enough to calm the voices threatening an escalation in protests which have put PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the back foot.