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Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsup in its efforts to put pressure on him. However, SYRIZA would have hoped to get more out of its... that the government attracted 153 votes of support. Tzakri, a former deputy interior minister, was not a leading
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PASOK unites forces with Greek "Olive Tree" for EP elections but will it be enough?
PoliticsGreek Politics. An opinion poll by GPO for the Newpost website found that in Attica (Greater Athens), PASOK would only get... still pending for the alliance is who will head the ticket for the May elections. Former Interior
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You can call it reform if you like
AgoraConstitution, he chose Pavlopoulos to head the panel. So, let’s get this straight: The government is checking..., former Interior Minister and current New Democracy MP. Pavlopoulos has spent the last few years
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Greece left isolated on migrant crisis, with bailout talks finely poised
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the inability of European politicians to get Turkey to tackle human trafficking and reduce the number... Mouzalas went into an informal meeting of European Union interior ministers on Monday on the back
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Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 3 percent threshold remaining in place. If the coalition can get more than 200 votes...The government has tweaked the electoral reform bill, hoping that a minor change will increase its chances of gaining the votes of at least 200 MPs so that new system can apply immediately. Interior
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that in trying to get PASOK and To Potami on board (25 votes combined) it may alienate... against the government’s proposal. Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis did not rule out completely
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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Greek government into taking a stance on the issue. "It is necessary to get the record straight... extend of the deficit in 2009. The bickering continued on Wednesday, when ex-interior minister Yiannis
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsministries involved seem an attempt to get the talks over the line rather than to hamper them. None... Ministry to the Interior Ministry. Skourletis had recently been openly opposed to the government’s
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Tsakalotos states case for debt relief as New Democracy sharpens up
PoliticsGreek Politicsgoing to get out of this [bailout] program in 2018.” Tsakalotos said that one of the most difficult... minister, Makis Voridis will be responsible for interior issues and the party’s vice president Adonis
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In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
PoliticsGreek Politics, secure a commitment for medium-term debt relief, get access to the European Central Bank’s QE...A comment by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis on Monday regarding the need for any agreement with the institutions to be approved by a qualified majority in Parliament has revived speculation about
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