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Greece's foreign policy trap
AgoraIndependent Greeks (ANEL), met on Tuesday amid rumours (albeit exaggerated ones) of a deep rift between... name issue, including ANEL’s opposition to the kind of deal that Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias... a deal that allows Greece’s neighbour to use the term “Macedonia.” However, the ANEL leader has also
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PM tries to halt election speculation as poll gap widens
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos met last week with the leader of the nationalist New Right, Failos... issues. However, the talks appear to be a first attempt by the ANEL chief to reach out to other.... The Metron Analysis poll, like other surveys, shows ANEL on 2.5 percent, which is just short of the 3
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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agoraknowing that SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), will not provide any support... that Tsipras does not have the “democratic legitimacy” to sign the deal as SYRIZA does not have ANEL’s... MPs compared to ANEL’s nine) has indicated it will back the agreement so a parliamentary majority
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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), to the settlement. However, there does not seem to be any chance of the censure motion leading to a vote of no confidence in the government. Despite ANEL’s... ANEL deputy Dimitris Kammenos, who has been involved in frequent public arguments with his SYRIZA
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Coalition survives no-confidence vote over name deal but sees majority trimmed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition suffered a slight blow on Saturday, when it survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament but lost one MP in the process. Dimitris Kammenos of ANEL.... ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos immediately announced that his namesake
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis take messages abroad but face disquiet at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), reducing the government’s parliamentary majority to two. This was followed by a fierce reaction from the SYRIZA-ANEL administration, which accused Mitsotakis and faithful business interests of trying to bring down the government. ANEL leader
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Coalition back-and-forth over name deal belies election strategy
PoliticsGreek Politics, thereby dismissing the request made by Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos. The ANEL chief had suggested on Tuesday that the agreement with Skopje should be approved... to highlight the benefits of exiting the programme and the return of growth. Kammenos and ANEL
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Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politics-government sentiment and prevent a damaging result for SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... of SYRIZA and ANEL in the general elections. Both Skourletis and Tzanakopoulos insisted... that general elections could also be held on the same day as the two other ballots. ANEL leader Panos
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL). Former PASOK official Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, who served in two cabinets under ex-Prime... Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. This was interpreted as a sign that she might join..., as they have in the case of the current SYRIZA-ANEL administration. Tsipras’s next move will be to announce
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos and his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, SYRIZA’s junior coalition... that he does not believe ANEL will withdraw its support for the government in the wake of the vote. The prime minister argued that the ANEL leader would not want to put Greece’s economic recovery at risk
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