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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, since coming to power even though SYRIZA’s right-wing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has... public over the last few months. ANEL MP Kostas Katsikis raged against the bill, even likening... SYRIZA and ANEL is very much dependant on the relationship between Tsipras and Defence Minister
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Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politics-government sentiment and prevent a damaging result for SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... of SYRIZA and ANEL in the general elections. Both Skourletis and Tzanakopoulos insisted... that general elections could also be held on the same day as the two other ballots. ANEL leader Panos
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe possibility of an exit from the euro. Coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) is largely a passenger... will unfold against a backdrop of fragility within the financial system, which saw almost 25 billion euros..., that will not be easy to reverse in the short term. One possibility is that both SYRIZA and ANEL accept the deal
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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary groups respectively. As we flagged earlier in the day, SYRIZA’s Stathis Panagoulis abstained from the vote and ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos voted... that has been largely alien to him now; that of the enforcer. His coalition partner, ANEL leader Panos
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicslongevity after suggesting that he would pull his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party out of the government... (at least 180 out of 300 MPs) in Parliament. The ANEL leader suggested that he would trigger national... to be that the vote in Greek Parliament will be the trigger for SYRIZA and ANEL to pave the way for a managed
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Tsipras maps out path to next elections via Prespes Agreement and possible confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a confidence vote in Parliament should his coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos... but in a live TV interview on Wednesday, Tsipras explained what the implications of that meeting... that if the ANEL chief decides to rescind his backing for the coalition as a result of the Macedonia
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... their separate ways over ideological differences. Kammenos appeared on Skai TV on Thursday to discuss..., seemed to question the role of the church in Greece. While being interviewed on TV about the recent
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those...-left, the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsdiscussions with Kammenos. The Independent Greeks (ANEL) admits speaking to Giannousakis but insists that he... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics-Independent Greeks (ANEL) administrations between 2015 and 2019 to see that the appointment of party...’ Protection Ministry, where former Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis took over from outgoing... and Interior Minister Makis Voridis. The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) issued
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