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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Interior Minister Panos Skourletis the breaking up of the Athens “B” electoral district, a reduction of the bonus for the winning party from 50 to less than 40 seats in Parliament, allowing Greeks... representation system. This means the winning party will get no bonus at all. PASOK and To Potami did not vote
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek Politicsterm for Pavlopoulos but the likelihood of the ex-interior minister being given another five years has... party earning up to 50 extra MPs. According to the proposal, if the winning party passes the 25... in May 2012 did the winning party win less than 25 percent of the vote, when New Democracy gained
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsprivatisation fund has already said it will disregard the plebiscite, while the Interior Ministry has... referendum on the proposed privatisation of the local water company, EYATH. Although the non-binding vote
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe parliamentary immunity of Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis over allegations that he was bribed to ask.... Greece’s lenders will also be sceptical about plans to replace Stournaras. Finding a suitable candidate
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Searching for electoral manifestos and overcoming voting obstacles in Greece
Agorabeen added to electoral registers by the Interior Ministry. For citizens who are prevented from... out to be the easier part of these challenges. Finding workable solutions and hard-fought
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Tsipras seeks alternatives to bailout measures as ND race begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister should not expect any problems. His choice for parliamentary speaker, ex-Interior Minister.... However, finding measures that can replace those already agreed and which can deliver the same fiscal
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SYRIZA calls for vote of no confidence, as PM's apology over storm chaos fails to chime
PoliticsGreek Politics’ Protection and Interior. Earlier this week, the party joked in an announcement that dismissing all... lead for ND, however this is the most adverse finding for SYRIZA in some time, prompting the party
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Universities bill expected to pass despite many critics and united opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be deployed. Citizenship scandal Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Interior Minister Makis Voridis... promoted in the bill, and are confident of finding support even in academic and student organisations
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Potential changes to constitution and electoral law move onto main agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsmade recently by Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis. Kouroublis said earlier this year... that the 50-seat bonus that currently goes to the winning party will be reduced, possibly to 30
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the government’s proposal. Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis did not rule out completely... for the bonus to the winning party to be proportional to the share of the vote it gets. The centrists
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