Mitsotakis puts party unity above consensus with president pick

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Institutions, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, Parliament, PASOK-KINAL

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has confirmed last-minute rumours by proposing the Speaker of Parliament and New Democracy MP Kostas Tasoulas to be the country’s next President.

Recent days had seen much debate about whether the PM would choose a candidate who would unify his own party by appealing to the conservative base, or a consensus candidate who might enjoy support from other parties in Parliament. Mitsotakis opted for t...

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