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Tsipras pitches SYRIZA election manifesto as basis for progressive coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsset out by the main opposition party consisted of specific actions, as well as bigger legislative initiatives which Tsipras said was designed to boost the economy, strengthen social cohesion and set
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ND moves to squeeze votes out of fringe parties, aided by infighting
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conclusive majority of seats that the party has set as its target for the June 25 elections. The poll... in Thrace. Plefsi implosion Even as Plefsi Eleftherias (Course for Freedom) looks set to enter Parliament
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Mitsotakis enters last week of campaign with confidence, high ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicshappen, Tsipras’s leadership of the party could be set to come to an end. He has shown no desire... list. Kasidiaris had set up his own far-right party, Ellines, but was barred from taking part
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is set to be sworn in on July 3, followed by a three-day debate on the government’s policy... health minister, while Olga Kefaloyianni is set for a comeback as tourism minister, a position she has
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Newsletter 388 - 07/07/2023
, which will contain the measures that Mitsotakis will set out on Thursday, and the third relates to the labour market and social insurance. Mitsotakis is hoping that these three bills will set
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Government launches new round of legislation with diaspora vote bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving set out his government’s policy goals for the next four years, and sailed through Saturday’s confidence vote, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s focus is on the new administration’s first... government’s policy agenda, during which Mitsotakis set the ideological tone for his second term, but also
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Spotlight falls on public hirings as PM pledges more health staff
PoliticsGreek Politicspublic sector hirings would be set out in September. However, he insisted that New Democracy will keep... purpose. The university police was set up during the government’s previous term. The 1,060-member force
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Government presses ahead with legislative work by delivering on some economic pledges
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis set out on the campaign trail. These include the 150-euro Youth Pass stipend for Greeks turning... to remove any barriers to Greeks abroad voting in national elections from where they live, looks set
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
, looks set to pass through Parliament with a super-majority (more than 200 out of 300 votes) thanks... and the fiscal rules in the eurozone has been set aside temporarily. The picture has changed
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Mitsotakis faces down critics over handling of forest fires
PoliticsGreek Politicseasing the requirement for Greeks voting from abroad looks set to pass with more than the required..., looks set to pass with 208 votes out of 300. Aside from the substance of the bill, the debate gave some
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