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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
PoliticsGreek Politics. This would give him the advantage of being able to set the agenda for the debate in Parliament, which... New Democracy’s dominance one year into its second term in office, despite the rocky start... of a victory for Kasselakis, one which his troubled leadership desperately requires. On the other hand
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New Democracy considers adjusting course after losses to right and centre
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s slump in the European Parliament election has set in motion a strategy rethink... Sunday’s voters, as well as a large measure of fluidity in their choices. Around one in three voters... to the government to be one of disappointment with the handling of the economy, and in particular
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Government seeking to tie up loose ends before summer break
PoliticsGreek Politicson by the House. One of those concerns the merger of Attica and Pancreta banks, which will create a so-called..., Piraeus, Eurobank and Alpha. The passing of the legislation will be one of the final steps... in the plenary. Opposition parties have raised some concerns about the legislation, which they will set out
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Fresh turbulence at SYRIZA as opposition parties take aim at bank deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsare raising questions of public interest around the merger of two minor lenders, one of which remains... secretariat walked out of a meeting of the planning committee set up to organise the SYRIZA party... of the leftist party since Kasselakis was elected president almost a year ago, and one which suggests
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Government hails rule of law progress but open investigations continue to raise questions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRule of Law report which was published on Wednesday. The report finds that Greece has completed one.... As a result, the government had set a target to improve its standing in the Commission’s Report, putting... the private sector which only one in four Greeks sees as corrupt, compared to a third of Europeans.
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Greece courts danger
Agoraset out a timeline of these alarming failings. A day after the Supreme Court’s assessment... developments by professing absolute faith in the Greek justice system and arguing that one... justice system, making it one of the most mistrusted institutions. The way the authorities have
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Athens wildfire puts government on back foot after efforts to improve prevention, response
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one the three MPs elected from SYRIZA’s list of state deputies in last year’s general election.... It appears, though, that at least one of those candidates, Georgette Lallis, who once headed... with a platform from which to attack the government and set out his agenda, as well as putting him
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Newsletter 433 - 13/09/2024
earlier this year. A one-off levy on oil refinery profits will finance a handout of up to 200 euros... the cost-of-living crisis and a debate about the spending power of Greeks being one of the worst in the EU.... This will set in stone the fiscal path up to 2028, with no room for further negotiations. The newspaper
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Kasselakis ousting confirmed as SYRIZA slips in polls, which also carry warnings for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot continue. All members of the political secretariat bar one, Kasselakis loyalist Theodora Tzakri, agreed... next. There have been rumours that he might try to set up a rival party, or that he could compete... majority in the next elections. One of the reasons for this is the rise of ultranationalist Greek
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ND and SYRIZA continue to slide as voter dissatisfaction takes hold
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor ND, this group includes one in four who had previously voted for the governing party, while one.... Representatives of the PASOK leadership candidates have set a date for a televised debate between
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