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Parties hone strategies ahead of confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicshave a clear majority and Mitsotakis has made it clear he would call second elections (under... in the opposition camp that the premier is poised to call an early vote, even though he insists that he wants to see out his four-year term. KINAL’s recent opinion poll bounce may have made the option of early
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Athens makes landmark foreign policy shift by sending arms to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policyin Ukraine’s Greek community on Saturday, including four in the Buhas village in the Donetsk region and two... it was “appalled” by the deaths. Following this news, Prime Minister Mitsotakis held a telephone call... upon Russia to respect their rights and safety. Late on Sunday, Dendias held a telephone call
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PM focuses on high prices, food supplies as snap election option fades away
PoliticsGreek Politics, also means that no let-up in rising energy costs is in sight. Athens insists that its call for a cap... seen by the local media as a major obstacle to the possibility of Mitsotakis opting to call elections before the end of his government’s four-year term. Speculation was rife again in the past few
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PM eyes pre-election prize as enhanced surveillance draws to conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter four years of close monitoring by its European partners. Also, the Eurogroup approved.... Given that there is already strong speculation that Mitsotakis will opt to call snap polls... in August could also provide a platform for Mitsotakis to call snap elections, arguing that a dark
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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is likely to call snap polls in the coming weeks... call snap elections, he is expected to do so towards the end of August with the first ballot being held... of his four-year term to hold elections, he will not be able to hold off the wear-and-tear his party
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSkandalidis said that they intended to call everyone with an involvement to testify, up to and including... Androulakis’s surveillance “a big mistake” and endorsed PASOK’s call for the reason behind it to be stated... that three in four respondents believe Mitsotakis bears personal responsibility for the phone-tapping
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PM makes first direct contact with Trump, hoping to keep US-Greek relationship special
PoliticsGreek Politicstelephone call with the President-elect on Monday. According to official sources, the Greek PM stressed... at a conference in Athens shortly after his phone call with Trump, Mitsotakis spoke briefly about... four leftist MPs to announce that they would join him, there may be a brief hiatus. SYRIZA has been
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Conclusion of presidential vote hands Mitsotakis victory amid ongoing controversies
PoliticsGreek Politicsmajority of 156 with the addition of four independents. Some of the minor parties of the left... shouted “no to the cover-up” during the roll call. PASOK and SYRIZA each voted for their respective... to the polarisation, leading some of the parties of the left and some of the victims’ relatives to call for his
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Tsipras takes stage for launch of book and would-be political manifesto
PoliticsGreek Politics. Central to his message was the call for a “new metapolitefsi” — a fresh democratic transition... by a “holistic national regeneration plan” that would focus on the four pillars of “development... call for a re‑founding of the progressive camp was less about unity and more about personal ambition
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Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
PoliticsGreek Politicspolicies have increased social inequalities, creating a society where three in four struggle to get... to heed Tsipras’s call, framing his pronouncements as an internal dialogue with his former comrades rather than a serious call for convergence. SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos previously called
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