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SYRIZA’s proposal that the President of the Republic be elected by popular vote if there is a deadlock in Parliament was rejeccted.

The proposal to allow the establishment of non-state universities is supported by both the centre-right and the centre-left.

The government’s games with the constitutional revision undermined every effort to reach a parliamentary consensus

The fact that the provision on church-state relations was not passed by a two-thirds majority today means that it will need two-thirds to pass in the post-election Parliament.

provides for protection of borrowers with delinquent home loans and business loans for which a home was used as collateral with a tax value of up to 200,000 euros.

It is impermissible for partisan criteria to take precedence over the need of the whole of society to meet the challenges of our era

The state tolerates the operation of various colleges, the graduates of which are recognised as professionally equal to those of state universities, but it refuses to allow the creation of non-state universities.

The crucial political issue is that now the main opposition can deny the government the requisite enhanced majority to elect the president so as to force a general election and topple the government.

North Macedonia is busy changing signs and markers in the beginning of a transition to use the country’s new constitutional name domestically.

The interior minister said there will be a “technical and institutional solution” for voters who are registered in the provinces but live and vote in Attica to cast their municipal and prefectural ballots where they live.

In short, no one adjusted to the world of the ruling party.  On the contrary, SYRIZA was forced to adjust to the real world, in turn forcing citizens to pay an extremely high price.

Amending the Constitution, the basic law of the state, is supposed to be an exalted democratic process which mandates at least fundamental communication and consensus.

sipras believes that in tackling the constitutional amendments he can burnish his progressive image.

The plan states that the employment regime and tenure of clergy, religious functionaries, and employees will remain the same as employees of a public law legal entity.

'There was absolute concord and identical views in both Churches, both on the proposals regarding the revision of the Constitution and on maintaining the existing system for paying the salaries of the Orthodox clergy.'

One needs a contemporary university that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, a university with open horizons that serves the needs of contemporary  youth.

The role of a minister is to anticipate disasters and not to play the role of commentator and judge.

Under the terms of the revised plan, an estimated 250,000 homeowners and small business owners will qualify for protection.

Regling said there are pending issues which Greece must handle before the release of the fiscal surveillance report, on 27 February.

Kouik made clear to Parliament that he has no intention of returning his seat to the party, as Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos demanded.