Ministerial resignation adds to pressure on PM as Tsipras prepares for return to arena

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Mitsotakis, New Democracy, Parliament, PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA, Tsipras
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The resignation of Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis has done little to ease the political turbulence engulfing the Greek government. Instead, it has exposed deeper tensions within New Democracy, sharpened opposition attacks, and forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis into a defensive posture at a moment when he is seeking to reassert control over the national agenda.

Lazaridis stepped down on Saturday after revelations that he had twice been hired in the public sector without the legally required academic qualifications. His diploma from a now‑defunct private college was not recognised as equivalent to a university ...

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