Greek Politics
Samaras gears up for return as Tsipras guns for first place in elections
Alexis Tsipras has used the August lull to reassert his presence, amid a growing verbal battle with PASOK, and Antonis Samaras appears ready to accelerate the launch of his new party.
Tsipras breaks August quiet, prompting ND and PASOK to intensify attacks
Alexis Tsipras’s latest intervention has once again broken the August quiet, setting the tone for a political autumn that promises to be intense.
Opposition accuses govt of institutional evasion and strategic missteps over wiretapping and Patriots
The government faced a twin barrage of criticism over the weekend, as opposition parties condemned both the Supreme Court prosecutor’s refusal to reopen the wiretapping case and the handling of Greece’s Patriot missile deployment in Saudi Arabia.
Government seeks fiscal leeway over energy investments, launches farming subsidy app
Greece has formally requested to activate the EU’s energy escape clause, while the government also launched on Thursday the MyAgro platform, which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented as a decisive break with the opaque practices exposed in the OPEKEPE scandal.
French entry into cable project reframed as geopolitical win amid recycling tenders scrutiny
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis hopes that the inking of a deal injecting French participation into a landmark cross-border infrastructure project will issue a strong signal going into the summer recess, embodying both his government’s ability to attract large-scale inward investment and to project regional influence.
Government moves on fire compensation as opposition sharpens its questions
The aftermath of the wildfires that swept Western Attica and Boeotia continues to dominate the political agenda, with the government moving quickly on compensation while the opposition presses a more detailed line of questioning about prevention and operational failures.
Mitsotakis intervenes in EU migration debate as PASOK challenges wildfire policy
The political temperature in Athens has risen sharply in recent days, shaped by three converging dynamics: the Greek government’s alarm over the crisis in Ceuta and the wider debate on “weaponised migration”; PASOK’s intensifying pressure on the government over the wildfires that have devastated parts of the country; and the increasingly direct confrontation between PASOK and the new challenger ELAS, which is itself preparing to take the next step in its emergence ahead of the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).
Extensive wildfires put extra strain on PM as he looks for clear path to TIF policy speech
The dense smoke that settled over Attica in recent days captured, with brutal clarity, the scale of the destruction Greece is facing this summer due to an extensive outbreak of wildfires.
PM urges ministers to focus on delivery, not be distracted by likely long election campaign
As Greece enters the final stretch before the August break, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has used the last cabinet meeting before ministers take their vacations to send a clear message: the government must accelerate delivery, sharpen its public presence and prepare for a long pre‑election period culminating in national polls in spring 2027.
Firefighter deaths overshadow cabinet meeting as exodus from Elpida party continues
Three firefighters died on Wednesday battling wildfires in Crete and the southern Peloponnese, casting a shadow over the government's last cabinet meeting before the summer recess.