Greek Politics
SYRIZA, PASOK leaders prepare responses to stark choice presented by PM
As SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis prepare to travel to Thessaloniki to provide their responses to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the trade fair on Saturday, the surveillance scandal continues to be a bone of contention between the government and the opposition.
Opposition lambasts Mitsotakis over support package, accuses PM of election scaremongering
Opposition parties in Greece have heaped criticism on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), rejecting both the tone and content of the message in which he set out his government’s economic policies for the coming months.
PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
After much speculation, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) over the weekend the relief measures his government will adopt over the coming months as it seeks to get Greek voters on board ahead of next year’s elections.
Surveillance affair snowballs as opposition makes new spyware claim
The phone tapping scandal took another twist on Friday, when a SYRIZA MP claimed that he, too, had been targeted by the Predator spyware, fuelling an already very tense atmosphere between the government and the opposition, epitomised by MPs walking out of the parliamentary inquiry.
Surveillance hearings in Athens and Brussels highlight contrasting approaches to issue
As the special parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance of politicians and journalists convened in a tense atmosphere to agree the terms of engagement in Athens, a hearing at the European Parliament gave the stand to three journalists involved in uncovering the controversial practices.
Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
The parliamentary inquiry into the wiretapping scandal is due to get underway on Wednesday in a tense political atmosphere and with main opposition party SYRIZA believing that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis might try to duck his responsibility by making a quick change to the electoral law and calling snap elections.
Govt brings energy saving to forefront as cost of support set to skyrocket
The energy price spike prompted by the indefinite shutdown of Russian gas supplies to northern Europe has sharpened the minds of policy makers in Athens, who are belatedly looking to energy-saving measures to moderate the cost of support measures.
Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived
The countdown to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announcing his government’s latest relief package, one it hopes will shift attention away from the phone-tapping scandal, begins in earnest this week.
Scandal erodes support for ND, complicates path to elections
The government’s efforts to focus attention on its fight against the cost-of-living crisis continue to be undermined by the increasingly acrimonious clash with the opposition over the phone-tapping scandal even though opinion polls continue to show Greeks are more concerned by inflation than anything else.
Athens pins hopes on pan-European solution for energy crisis, as surveillance affair unfolds
A renewed sense of urgency among European governments has revived hopes in Athens that a collective solution is on the way to help with the skyrocketing cost of the government’s energy subsidy package.