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Greek MPs are to vote Tuesday in the second ballot of a three-phase presidential election amid a growing political crisis that has been sharpened by the bribery allegations of Independent Greeks MP Pavlos Haikalis and a slew of threats and counter-threats in Parliament.

The joint plenary sitting of the Parliament on Friday voted article by article on the 2015 draft budget law, the MPs having already started the debate on the annexes to this document.

Lawmakers have moved to increase maximum insurable earnings to BGN 2600 M, up from 2400 M envisaged in the current legislation.

A prosecutor responsible for dealing with matters relating to Korydallos Prison is due to decide early this week if the seven Golden Dawn MPs being held in pre-trial custody at the facility should be allowed to vote in the presidential elections.

Serbia government is due to discuss the 2015 budget proposal on Wednesday, while parliament should adopt the bill by December 15.

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UDMR [the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania] Chairman, Kelemen Hunor, on Monday evening said that he sees no reason why the Union shouldn't vote for the investiture of the 4th Ponta Cabinet, although this does not mean the political party he leads will continue to vote for all of the government's projects.

The Greek Parliament approved the budget for 2015 in a vote early on Monday, following a five-day debate.

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It used to do it. The Constitutional Court most recently seized the presidential vote in Parliament in 2007, ruling that the quorum was 367, contrary to what had been assumed up to that day.

The reason for this ruling was that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) group in Parliament alone would not have been enough to elect Abdullah Gül.

A committee of New Democracy MPs asked by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to propose changes to the Greek Constitution suggested Tuesday that the number of lawmakers in Parliament should be reduced from 300 to 200 and that the president of the republic should be given greater powers.

Macedonia's political crisis stepped up a gear on Tuesday as the parliamentary Committee on Mandate and Immunity Issues, which is composed of the ruling parties' members, unanimously voted to revoke the mandates of the absent 31 opposition MPs.

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