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Famellos presents struggling SYRIZA’s case, pleads for unity among progressives
PoliticsGreek Politicsills like stifled small businesses, weakened labour rights and a skewed production model remain... as evidence that the government intends to cement a low-value, import-heavy growth model that widens
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
model, demographic resilience, technological upgrading and a “Patriotic Contribution” on top incomes... ahead This policy duel encapsulates a deeper clash over Greece’s growth model: Tsipras’s centre-left
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Newsletter 476 - 19/09/2025
labour rights, stifled small businesses, and a skewed production model. Famellos criticised the government’s push to privatise public goods, warning it entrenches a low-value, import-heavy growth model
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New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion
PoliticsGreek Politicscrash at the opening of a three-day debate on the censure motion submitted on Tuesday. The motion marks an escalation of opposition attempts to reopen the political debate on Tempe and pressure... show they are distrusted by a majority of Greeks, including their own voters. In a debate last week
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SYRIZA seen marginally ahead as Tsipras and Meimarakis go head-to-head
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a televised debate on Monday night, which could have an impact on what still seems to be a very close election contest. After last week’s damp squib of a debate involving seven party leaders, SYRIZA and New... week’s debate by 19 percent of voters against 13.5 percent who felt Tsipras was the strongest
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Passing of insolvency law gives opposition campaigning foothold
PoliticsGreek Politicsin favour from the government benches, while 140 opposition MPs voted against the bill in principle. Debate... was rejected after three days of debate. Staikouras argued that the bill was “comprehensive, realistic... of small businesses into bankruptcy. Throughout the debate, ND attempted to blame SYRIZA for ending
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Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras triggered a censure debate in Parliament on Wednesday after submitting... made a statement welcoming the prospect of a censure debate, claiming that it would offer an opportunity for an across-the-board debate. The prime minister, who was absent from the chamber during
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Newsletter 380 - 12/05/2023
leaders’ debate – the only such discussion that will take place before the May 21 elections. According to a survey by Marc for ANT-1 TV, made public just before Wednesday night’s debate, support for ND... euros. There were a couple of uncomfortable moments for Mitsotakis in an otherwise sterile TV debate
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
-day debate that preceded the ballot, and several other recent developments, including the mass... of censure on Wednesday during a leaders’ debate on Tempe. The motion had the support of 85 MPs... the tragedy for political gains. During Wednesday’s debate, Mitsotakis tried to argue that the massive
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Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
PoliticsGreek Politics. That these groups tend to be linked with anti-capitalism and anarchism means that the debate over... on the “theory of two extremes” in the debate about Golden Dawn. The conservatives suggested... to the use of political violence. The opposition party vehemently denied this and the debate
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