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ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
PoliticsGreek Politicsto put its recent difficulties behind it through a strong performance in this weekend’s local... like to perform a clean sweep in Sunday’s elections, when candidates require to gain more than 43... sights trained on New Democracy, rather than to get embroiled in in-fighting. However, the truce
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PM struggling to fulfil same-sex marriage pledge, prompting opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsappear to have stalled. A few weeks ago, reports suggested that no more than around 30 of New... and progressive than the New Democracy leader to pass him by. His decision to make reference to the issue... to feed the notion that Kasselakis compares favourably when put up against Mitsotakis. It is worth
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Opposition parties turn to institutions after latest claims in wiretapping scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties are attempting to put pressure on the government over its handling of the country’s... the issue closely believe is an attempt to stifle the investigation, rather than give it more... normally be associated with an opposition leader, rather than to be consumed with the gripes coming
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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policymeeting with Mitsotakis that “the rights of the Turkish minority are more important than anything.... Erdogan’s latest visit to Athens had a different tone and rhetoric than his last one in 2017, when he..., he avoided making statements that would have put his host in a difficult position and used some
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In 2024, Greece and Turkey look to build on diplomatic progress made in previous months
PoliticsForeign Policy, the earthquakes served more like an accelerant rather than a catalyst in the process of de-escalation... been better to deal with someone whose views were widely known rather than a new political figure... economic zones, but not those that aim to put in question Greece’s sovereignty, diplomatic sources
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Backwash from stormy congress still rocking SYRIZA as support for Greek Solution rises
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKasselakis, who has been trying to put behind him the fractious nature of the conference and show that he... sounding also indicates that more than 20 pct of voters are undecided about who they will back... of the vote in the upcoming European Parliament elections. This is 0.4 points fewer than in the survey
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Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
PoliticsGreek Politics. Fewer than one in three Greeks (27 percent) trust the justice system, down from 53 percent in 2018... widespread among the public at large than the government is generally willing to acknowledge. Opinion.... New Democracy is aiming to take at least 30 percent of the vote in June, which will put
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Newsletter 420 - 12/04/2024
elections, which look like they will be less of a procession for the ruling New Democracy party than.... On Tuesday he presented the first names on a shortlist of candidates who will be put to an internal vote..., and with polls showing it heading in the wrong direction in less than 100 days, Hatzidakis is keen
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Mitsotakis tempers expectations for EP vote, Kasselakis talks up prospects
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s performance should be the 2019 results (rather than last year’s national elections... put SYRIZA’s support for the upcoming European Parliament elections as high as 17 pct, which is close... Parliament elections, rather than last year’s national vote, because he will be able to argue that his
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Party leaders dispute response to cost-of-living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politics(more than a quarter of Greece’s annual GDP). He said that this was based on calculations made.... Opposition reaction SYRIZA’s parliamentary spokesman Sokratis Famellos rejected the arguments put... increased at a higher rate than the EU average since July last year. He said that the gap between
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