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Aided by opposition parties, PM faces low risk over bland choice of president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has come under attack from most opposition parties for putting forward New Democracy veteran Kostas Tasoulas as his candidate for the Greek presidency... Androulakis picked former interior minister Tassos Giannitsis, a PASOK veteran, as its candidate. Again
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Newsletter 447 - 17/01/2025
PoliticsMitsotakis plays it safe by picking ND veteran for presidentSettling weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced his nomination for Greece’s presidency this week... of the 23 independent lawmakers are also expected to back the ND veteran. The first round of elections
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Presidential vote creates new battleground as ND and PASOK renew hostilities
PoliticsGreek Politicspicked New Democracy veteran Kostas Tasoulas, who stepped down as parliamentary speaker last week... New Democracy voters, played a crucial role in convincing the PM to choose the veteran MP. A report
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ND's ratings hold despite choice of president but concern builds about Trump effect
PoliticsGreek Politicssurvey for Skai TV is the latest to indicate that support for New Democracy veteran Kostas Tasoulas... veteran. These figures suggest that Mitsotakis’s primary goal, which was to rally his party and appease
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Opposition parties tested as ND starts fightback over Tempe claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy veteran Konstantinos Tasoulas is due to be elected the next President of Greece on Wednesday... next president. The opposition party feels that the ND veteran’s actions during his time
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KINAL launches leadership contest to settle internal disquiet ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsnetworks within the party of the veterans that he is standing against, and which ultimately delivered Gennimata her victory the last time around. The third candidate is Haris Kastanidis, a veteran MP
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Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for 20 years on Monday after being found guilty of money laundering. Although the ex-PASOK veteran will serve only a fraction of this sentence, his conviction is notable moment in Greek politics as it is the first time a frontline political
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agora, the Acropolis’s shadow virtually touched the luxury apartment the PASOK veteran purchased on Athens’ most
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SYRIZA MP asks: Just how will we find the money?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCritics have levelled the accusation at SYRIZA many times but the party’s veteran MP, Manolis Glezos, has broken new ground by being the first leftist lawmaker to express doubts about just where SYRIZA is going to find the money to fulfil its policy pledges. “People ask me about where we will find
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In clearest statement yet, Tsipras says he'd keep euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsumption in Tsipras's Austin speech. Last week, party veteran Manolis Glezos criticized his party
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