Greek Politics
Mitsotakis limps into party conference looking to rally ND for EP elections
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to launch this Friday New Democracy’s latest party conference amid a much more sombre mood than he might have expected a few months ago.
Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
The Greek public’s trust in state institutions has plummeted in the past five years, according to surveys published this week. The findings present a troubling counterpoint to polls which show New Democracy and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis continuing to enjoy a dominant position on the political scene.
Policing in spotlight after shocking domestic violence incident
The failure of the police to prevent the murder of a woman by her ex-partner outside a local police station where she had gone to seek protection has put the New Democracy government on the spot over its law-and-order policies.
PM tweaks team as SYRIZA calls for ex-minister to face charges
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made the adjustments to his team that were necessary because of the departure of two key aides last week as main opposition party SYRIZA keeps up the pressure on the government over the Tempe train crash.
PM attempts to regroup, shift focus after testing week over Tempe crash
The government is trying to regroup after a testing few days last week, during which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis came under renewed fire over his handling of the Tempe train crash investigation while also losing two of his closest aides.
Resignations of two key aides undermines PM's attempt to rebuff crash cover-up claims
Although the government, which has a significant parliamentary majority, was not troubled by last night’s no-confidence vote, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not escape unscathed from the process.
Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks
New Democracy politicians presented a united front defending the government against a censure motion triggered by its handling of the deadly Tempe rail crash. Their fulsome support for resigned transport minister Kostas Karamanlis brought condemnation from the opposition parties, who accuse the government of arrogance.
New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion
Opposition parties directed a barrage of cover-up accusations at the government over the Tempe crash at the opening of a three-day debate on the censure motion submitted on Tuesday.
Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
Greece’s opposition parties are expected to table this Tuesday a censure motion in Parliament as part of an attempt to hold the government to account over what they believe is a cover-up attempt in connection to last year’s deadly Tempe train crash.
New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is on an official visit to Canada, faces a political storm on his return to Athens amid accusations that his government was involved in the doctoring of audio recordings connected to the Tempe train crash in order to make the claim that the accident was solely the result of human error more plausible.