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No let-up in intensity of SYRIZA-New Democracy clash over name settlement
PoliticsGreek Politicsif they come to power. ANEL Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) continues... also resigned from the party on Monday. Their complaint was that ANEL leader and Defence Minister... is against the name deal with Skopje. Contact between the outgoing ANEL MP, now an independent lawmaker
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
be shelved The leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Defence Minister Panos... be approved by a qualified majority (at least 180 out of 300 MPs) in Parliament. The ANEL leader suggested that he would force national elections if this is not the case. The ANEL leader’s calls
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
Draft budget expected with interest All eyes on fate of pension cuts as pressure mounts on ANEL... this week due to unrest within his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party and the revelation that European anti... by Kammenos led to three journalists being detained overnight, prompting strong criticism of the ANEL
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter days of mounting tension between SYRIZA and its coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL... the right to ask for a no-confidence vote in Greek Parliament from mid-December onwards. An ANEL... but would not back the government in a no-confidence vote. ANEL MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), repeated his threat on Thursday to quit from the cabinet if the Prespes... that the ANEL leader made his comments because he and his party are “politically dead.” He added that Kammenos is wrong to blame his party’s decline on the Macedonia name deal, arguing that ANEL’s
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To Potami tries to quash speculation about stance on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsin SYRIZA governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL). It was announced on Thursday by the nationalist party that Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick has been ousted from ANEL. The reason for this move was that Quick, who is responsible for diaspora issues, disagreed with ANEL leader and Defence
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGroup Yiannis Alafouzos accused SYRIZA and its junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... ANEL, had recently expressed surprise that some media groups had not been “blown up.” His comment... settlement. Tsipras is hoping that four MPs from To Potami, a couple from ANEL and perhaps some
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom Thanassis Papachristopoulos and Elena Kountoura of Independent Greeks (ANEL), even though... out of the government when the Prespes Agreement is tabled. In fact, the withdrawal of ANEL... on the Prespes Agreement will be held earlier than March. Reshuffle ANEL’s departure means that the SYRIZA
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Tsipras halts bid to help smaller parties amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicslike To Potami and Independent Greeks (ANEL). The former has been left with just four MPs after recent defections, while ANEL has six. The proposal prompted an immediate outcry from New Democracy... to keep the political hopes of his former coalition partner, ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. There were
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SYRIZA cites support of six extra MPs as sign of stability, opposition protests
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) and its leader, Panos Kammenos, from the coalition was written on Monday night, when it emerged... of the MPs are independents, while two are members of ANEL’s parliamentary group. It is a highly... to the administration in such a way. In fact, there is a further oddity concerning the two ANEL MPs
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