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What Turkey seeks by raising tensions with the “old formula” of island demilitarisation
Turkey’s encirclement syndrome has always been dominant in state policy, but now this “threat” is coming from its major regional rival, Israel
“We always keep reserves”: Mitsotakis signals fuel intervention – Announcements at end of September, measures on the table
Based on the data available so far, the fund contains between €150 million and €200 million as a “reserve” for the period from October through December, although it may be possible to do something better
Second vote on Constitutional Revision today: Mitsotakis & party leaders to speak, PASOK to vote “present” while opposition parties to say “Νο”
In the first vote, in July, PASOK and the opposition “sabotaged” any possibility of securing the enhanced consensus of at least 180 MPs that would have allowed the next Parliament to revise the Constitution by a simple majority
First meeting at Maximos Mansion today on international oil prices as difficult winter looms
The situation calls for intervention and there are fiscal reserves, but they are not unlimited – Based on the data available so far, there appears to be no intention of a unified European response to the sharp rise in prices
Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis to Danikas: “Under the new Criminal Code, we have 50% more criminals in prison”
The Justice Minister discusses changes to inheritance law and the system of horizontal property ownership, PASOK and Samaras — He attributes “the blows suffered by the judiciary” to the political system and discusses political exploitation of the Tempi tragedy
September 14: Greece Marks National Remembrance Day for the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor
On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Greece honors the victims of the 1922 Smyrna catastrophe and the genocide of Asia Minor Hellenism
First opinion polls after the Thessaloniki International Fair: The Maximos Mansion assessment, Mitsotakis’s messages from Kastellorizo and the strategy to consolidate support
At least three polls will be published this week, with more to follow, as everyone wants a picture of the initial political balance of forces
