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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
continue to persist that some in the party are pushing for a change in the electoral law to secure... under the electoral law passed by the conservatives soon after they came to power in 2019. Opposition
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek Politics. He also ruled out snap elections or a change to the electoral law. Speaking during a parliamentary... a change to the electoral law that would make it easier for the winning party to gain a parliamentary
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PM focuses on high prices, food supplies as snap election option fades away
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe electoral law again to bring down the threshold needed for a parliamentary majority from around 38 pct, where it stands according to the electoral law passed through Parliament shortly after New Democracy
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Mitsotakis sweeps aside election talk as ND continues to suffer in polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor the second time in a week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has flatly denied any plans to hold snap elections or to change the electoral law yet again after his New Democracy administration... four-year term, next spring/summer. He also dismissed the idea of changing the electoral law again
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Mitsotakis lays out confidence-boosting roadmap to end of term
PoliticsGreek Politicsand a judicial reform bill, as well as the long-awaited climate change law, legislation to reform... to the climate change law introduced in light of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine, which will see
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ND exults in Saudi Arabia deals as opposition calls for answers over spyware
PoliticsGreek Politics, labelling the New Democracy government a danger for “the rule of law and democracy itself”. Officials from...’s recent Rule of Law report, along with the government’s aversion to parliamentary oversight
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Baerbock visit leaves Athens hopeful of shift in Germany's stance on Greek-Turkish disputes
PoliticsForeign Policyof international law are complicated, but some are also very simple. Greek islands ‒ Lesvos, Chios, Rhodes... and violations of international law. But Baerbock stood by her words, insisting that no one should dispute
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politicsillegal and punishable by law. Loose ends Few expected that Mitsotakis’s official response, coming after.... There was, for instance, no suggestion that the government would seek to reverse a law passed in 2020 which takes away
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No let-up in pressure over spying scandal as govt unveils intelligence agency changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsweek, even changing the law so he could get the job despite not fulfilling the criteria. It also appointed the special prosecutor responsible for ensuring that EYP’s actions stayed within the law
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Newsletter 348 - 12/07/2022
last director, Panagiotis Kontoleon, who resigned last week, even changing the law so he could get... for ensuring that EYP’s actions stayed within the law. In its annual report for 2020, the Hellenic
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