Politics

Results 61 to 70 out of 2741.

Photo by MacroPolis Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs

After two days during which New Democracy MPs were briefed privately by government officials about the reasoning behind the marriage equality bill, as well as its details, the party appears confident that most of its lawmakers will back the legislation, although this still means that many could vote against it.

Photo by MacroPolis Centrist voters emerge as key to same-sex marriage initiative

The latest polls are yielding a more nuanced picture of the Greek public’s attitude to same-sex marriage and adoption, potentially backing up Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s instincts in pursuing the legislation against the objections of the ultra-conservative wing of his party.

Image: https://flic.kr/p/2jAExD1 Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition

The same-sex marriage bill is continuing to cause turmoil in Greece’s main political parties as at least one minister looks set to quit the New Democracy cabinet over the issue, while some SYRIZA officials have taken exception to the leftist party’s leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, ordering his MPs to vote in favour of the draft legislation or face expulsion.

Image: https://www.primeminister.gr/ Middle East and F-35s top agenda during Blinken's talks with Mitsotakis

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind tour of the Middle East aimed at containing the conflict in Gaza began with a tricky Greek-Turkish prologue. The US diplomat met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul and then, in Crete, with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Results 61 to 70 out of 2741.