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Only inconclusive poll result would prompt KINAL approach, suggests Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politicscomment, though, was a message to centre-left voters who would prefer to see SYRIZA well beaten... an effort to counter Tsipras’s recent efforts to place the Macedonia name deal in a more positive... the prime minister’s visit to North Macedonia this week. Tsipras attempted to change the perception
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Coalition's future in question over minister's gaffe
PoliticsGreek Politicsafterwards Defence Minister and the leader of coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) Panos... for weeks. On the other hand, ANEL, has largely been a silent partner, allowing the prime minister... meeting for Wednesday morning, while Kammenos is due to gather the ANEL MPs on Thursday
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Coalition survives no-confidence vote over name deal but sees majority trimmed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition suffered a slight blow on Saturday, when it survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament but lost one MP in the process. Dimitris Kammenos of ANEL.... ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos immediately announced that his namesake
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Building permits increase by 12.4 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomypercent to 15,325, meaning that in the first 11 years of the year, 2019 has already beaten the full.... The three largest rises were seen in the northern Aegean (+103.8 percent), eastern Macedonia and Thrace... permits was issued in western Macedonia with 22 permits. During the first 11 months of the year, building
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, who leads junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), had drawn... has increased the pressure on the government, especially with regard some public acceptance
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Athens wary of North Macedonia PM's intentions, hopes for EU support over name issue
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece will be monitoring the intentions and rhetoric of North Macedonia’s new Prime Minister... on Sunday. Addressing the House, Mickoski referred several times to the country as just Macedonia, not by its full constitutional name North Macedonia. He even claimed that the new name is shameful
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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), to the settlement. However, there does not seem to be any chance of the censure motion leading to a vote of no confidence in the government. Despite ANEL’s... ANEL deputy Dimitris Kammenos, who has been involved in frequent public arguments with his SYRIZA
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Coalition back-and-forth over name deal belies election strategy
PoliticsGreek Politics, thereby dismissing the request made by Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos. The ANEL chief had suggested on Tuesday that the agreement with Skopje should be approved... to highlight the benefits of exiting the programme and the return of growth. Kammenos and ANEL
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
likely path seems to be that ANEL’s departure will be followed by the vote on the Macedonia name deal... Independent Greeks (ANEL), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is not thinking of altering his plans. Reports... Kountoura and MP Thanassis Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing
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Name deal approved as Tsipras and Mitsotakis look ahead to political impact
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPapachristopoulos of former coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), who said that he would...’s debate, ANEL leader Panos Kammenos claimed that there is a plan afoot by parliamentary speaker... and Tsipras, the ANEL leader also claimed at the end of his speech that the prime minister’s
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