Politics
Mitsotakis defends political choices in turbulent meeting with dissatisfied MPs
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faced down his critics in New Democracy’s parliamentary party, insisting that his political choices were not responsible for the ruling conservatives underperforming at the polls.
Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
Greece’s main political parties are still struggling to process the implications of the EP election results. Two weeks after both failed to deliver on their targets, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to hear the grievances of New Democracy MPs, while SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis appears to have set off another round of bloodletting in the leftist party.
Kasselakis pushes back against growing speculation about centre-left alliance
A social media post by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has made the already-complicated process of Greece’s centre-left parties finding common ground even more complex, and less likely.
Mitsotakis has ground to cover after election disappointment as progressives ponder future
While SYRIZA and PASOK continue to be tangled up in an ongoing discussion about the possibility of the Greek centre-left joining forces, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is preparing to address his MPs for the first time since New Democracy’s poor result in the European Parliament elections.
Athens wary of North Macedonia PM's intentions, hopes for EU support over name issue
Greece will be monitoring the intentions and rhetoric of North Macedonia’s new Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski whose government received a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament late on Sunday.
Dissent grows within SYRIZA as polls indicated appetite for joined-up centre left
Polls conducted in the aftermath of EP elections indicate that voters would like to see closer collaboration across the centre left. The findings are bound to intensify debate within the main parties in the space, SYRIZA and PASOK, which are still in the process of digesting the results of the vote.
Parties turn focus on economy as PASOK struggles with election fallout
As a consensus emerges that the EP election results were shaped by voters’ concerns over the economy and the cost of living, New Democracy and SYRIZA have responded with initiatives to address some of the key issues that emerged from the exit polls.
Government tries to find its footing again after EP vote surprise
After taking a buffeting from the results of the recent European Parliament elections, the government is attempting to find its stride again as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis looks set to ignore some calls from within New Democracy for an approach that will be more appealing to the party’s traditional right-wing voter base.
PASOK, SYRIZA leaders show little appetite for touted alliance of progresives
Amid constant speculation about the progressive space in Greek politics, the leaders of the two main parties representing the left and centre left are showing no intention of stepping aside to facilitate a possible alliance.
Progressives mull cooperation but leadership issue poses a conundrum
There is unease among Greek progressives about how they should proceed following the European Parliament elections last Sunday delivered a result that highlighted their inability to challenge even a weakened New Democracy unless one of the centre-left parties overshadows the others, or there is cooperation between the different groupings.