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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-11-13
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[01] KKE opposes expatriate voting rights
[01] KKE opposes expatriate voting rights
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga on Tuesday
presented her party's latest political proposals during a press
conference in Athens, where she predicted "new and tougher measures and
choices" in the future, both inside the country and in international
relations. Referring to the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), a rival
leftist party in Parliament, Papariga criticised its high-profile
proposal towards main opposition PASOK party, accusing the former of
bolstering the two-party political system in Greece. The political
programme outlined by Papariga included proposals and positions
concerning day-to-day problems, international relations, the economy
and civil protection. Papariga presented her party's positions on what
she called the "popular economy", education, vocational training and
management of natural disasters, whereas in reference to foreign
relations she underlined the need for Greece to become independent of
both NATO and the EU. Greece is a decades-old member of both blocs.
Referring to the main opposition PASOK party, Papariga expressed
reservations regarding its policy days after a leadership election in
the party, and predicted that "new political forces" will be created
that could be progressive or conservative. Additionally, the communist
leader reiterated KKE's opposition to a government pledge to extend
voting rights of tens of thousands of Greek expatriates living abroad,
merely noting that a solution is possible for individuals that
emigrated in more recent years. Responding to a press question,
Papariga said she did not criticise SYRIZA leader Alekos Alavanos'
official visit to the neighbouring Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (FYROM) last week, instead she cited criticism of that
party's policy vis-a-vis international relations, describing it as
"cosmopolitan".
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