Politics
Six-day work week triggers opposition attack on labour reforms
The introduction of the six-day work week has prompted the opposition in Greece to launch an attack on New Democracy’s labour policies, accusing the conservative government of dismantling workers’ rights and lowering living standards.
Name deal and Beleri case test Greece's relations with North Macedonia, Albania
Athens is facing a testing period in its bilateral relations with its neighbouring countries North Macedonia and Albania, respectively.
Mitsotakis's predecessors launch caustic attacks against PM's leadership, government policies
Two of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s predecessors, both as heads of government and New Democracy, launched on Monday perhaps the most severe criticism of the premier and his leadership that has been heard so far from within the ruling party.
PASOK decides to hold new leadership contest as SYRIZA confusion continues
Following deliberations this weekend, Greece’s third-largest party, centre-left PASOK, is heading for a leadership election in October. In the meantime, there seems to be no end in sight to the internal friction at its main rival, leftist SYRIZA.
PASOK poised to decide on new leadership ballot as SYRIZA's pot boils
It is expected that Greece’s third party, PASOK, will know by Monday whether it is heading for an early leadership election. In the meantime, pressure is growing on SYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis from disgruntled members of the main opposition party.
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.