Politics
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.
Erdogan's inflammatory comments a harbinger for new period of Greek-Turkish tension
Athens is bracing itself for a period of prolonged tension with Ankara that is expected to last until elections in its neighbouring country, scheduled to take place in 2023.
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.
PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts
Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired on Wednesday his first cabinet meeting since the phone-tapping scandal took on threatening proportions for his government and the Greek Prime Minister used the opportunity to turn his ministers’ attention to other challenges ahead on the path to the next general election.
Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
There has been no let-up in the pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government to account for the surveillance of a politician and a journalist by Greece’s national security service, with a meeting of the relevant parliamentary committee set to be followed by a special parliamentary inquiry.
Opposition pushes for phone-tapping probe as early polls claim limited damage to ND
Following on quickly from Friday’s fractious party leaders’ debate on the phone-tapping scandal, Parliament reconvenes in Athens to vote on PASOK-KINAL’s proposal to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the affair.
First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
A much-anticipated party leaders’ debate in Greek Parliament on Friday was heavy in terms of accusation and counter-accusation but did not produce a definitive moment that could shape political developments decisively in the coming days and weeks.