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Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly last week feeling that he had burnished Greece's diplomatic contacts with a range of countries and had stated the country's case clearly vis a vis its ongoing disputes with Turkey, making the trip a success despite the cancellation of his scheduled meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Opinion polls signal fragile political stalemate and rising public anger Although Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ scheduled half-hour meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly has dominated headlines, two fresh opinion polls released this week make clear that domestic politics remain the story that will decide the government’s fate.
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Mitsotakis tries to rally MPs amid lacklustre poll data, resurfacing of Tempe Ahead of his trip to New York this week for the United Nations' General Assembly, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been trying to rally his party, which does not seem to have benefitted from a significant opinion poll bounce - as some conservative officials had been hoping - in the wake of the recent announcements about substantial tax cuts for Greek households.
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Despite lukewarm reaction, PM insists tax cuts will pave way to third term A week after unveiling a package of tax cuts he described as the most radical shake-up in half a century, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reiterated his intention to stay at the helm of New Democracy and the government, appearing confident that voters will appreciate the benefits gradually on the way to elections in 2027.
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ND accused of cover-up in OPEKEPE inquiry as party recruits ex-PASOK minister Opposition parties claim New Democracy will use its majority to railroad the parliamentary inquiry into the farm payments scandal, warning the governing party has developed a playbook for evading parliamentary scrutiny.
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Famellos presents struggling SYRIZA’s case, pleads for unity among progressives SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos has tried to set out his alternative offering at the Thessaloniki International Fair just a few days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented his significant tax-cut package.
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism Opposition parties have set to the task of picking apart the government’s Thessaloniki International Fair package, which PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis described as the biggest tax reform in recent history.
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Revival of Mitsotakis-Tsipras rivalry points to future developments on political scene In no small part due to some deft manoeuvring of his own, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emerged from this weekend’s events with the aura of being one of current Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s main political rivals even though the SYRIZA MP has not publicly indicated his intention to return to frontline politics.
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Labour reforms controversy threatens to eclipse autumn support package The government is facing pushback over its latest labour reforms just as it prepares to launch an autumn comeback with a package of tax cuts and support measures aimed at working families.
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Opposition unable to join forces over recognition of Palestinian state The inability of Greece’s opposition parties to work together, even on issues that are causing the government discomfort, is being highlighted again as PASOK is set to intensify calls for the recognition of a Palestinian state without coordinating its efforts with any of the other progressive parties.