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In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
PoliticsGreek Politics, that it does not need the votes of other parties. He did say, however, that the government would call... that believe Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should seek extra support or call snap elections if he... also saw their support decline from 16.5 to 15.5 percent. The opinion poll contains other data
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
Opposition leaders fuel election talk As Mitsotakis and Gennimata call for snap polls, Tsipras... are in play. The first is for Tsipras to call a snap vote later this year in a bid to capitalise... quarter of the year saw a substantial slow down with growth of only 0.1 percent compared
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PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags
PoliticsGreek Politicsseen as key to building what authorities call the “wall of immunity”. With effect until the end of 2021... euros for each vaccination house call, and 20 euros for each shot administered at a surgery. Meanwhile.... Thursday saw just under 76,000 shots administered, only a third of which were first doses. While 4.7
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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
in this year’s World Press Freedom Index, which saw Greece drop five places to 70th out of 180 countries. Developments prompted SYRIZA to call this week for a parliamentary inquiry into the New... on the initiative, the call for an inquiry appears to have surprised the government by attracting wide support
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Newsletter 313 - 22/10/2021
. Meanwhile, 42-year-old MEP Nikos Androulakis – one of the youngest hopefuls – saw an opportunity to call..., the centrepiece of the interview was Tsipras’s call for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) appear to have made the coalition members even more determined to stick together... took their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... and to avoid fines from Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those who expressed concern
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Welcome to Berlin: Mitsotakis meets Merkel
AgoraParis and met with President Emanuel Macron the week before. Mitsotakis and Merkel know each other from
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Mitsotakis heads to Israel and Russia with broad agenda
PoliticsForeign Policywith Russia open. By adopting French President Emanuel Macron’s tactic, the Greek premier strongly
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Athens defends Gaza stance as balanced, offers role in humanitarian corridor
PoliticsForeign PolicyEmanuel Macron discussed the possibility of transferring patients and delivering medical supplies and food
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Opposition demands assurances of non-involvement in Iran conflict
PoliticsGreek Politicsunder a proposal floated by President Emanuel Macron. Famellos expressed dismay at the prospect
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