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MPs aim to probe spyware as govt brushes off latest reports
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament’s institutions and transparency committee is due to hear on Monday from one of the key.... It was notable that the ruling party has replaced one of its MPs on the committee, Konstantinos... SYRIZA and one each from the four other parties represented in Parliament. Dimitriadis’s appearance
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Newsletter 368 - 03/02/2023
Mitsotakis, whom he has described as a danger to the country’s democratic institutions. The SYRIZA... one more handout before the elections. The outperformance last year reached around 400 million euros... winner. Any indication by Androulakis of a leaning towards either one of the main rivals therefore
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Newsletter 385 - 16/06/2023
to a decisive victory in the June 25 elections – one that will hand his New Democracy party a majority... amount to a confirmation of their first vote, and only one in four said their vote would... a point down on its May 25 result, SYRIZA 19.2 pct, almost one point down, and PASOK 11.1 pct, again
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Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsfigures acknowledge privately that early elections would carry significant operational risks. One minister... and trajectory no one can predict”. Going to the polls now, he warned, would almost certainly cost ND...,” one adviser said, suggesting that the administration sees stability not only as a governing
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Stomach for the fight
Agorawas named. One wonders whether it was a closer reading of the ministerial line-up that made the PASOK... ministerial team with an eye on the future and a peripheral one that is stuck in the past. The only conclusion one can draw is that this combination aims on one hand to keep things on an even keel
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New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsonly one ministry and three lower grade positions. There were also several appointments from... The 68-year-old is one of SYRIZA's most moderate voices and he is the only politician in the party’s... and authored several books, including one about the Greek crisis that has just been published and is called
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek Politics. State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, who is one of Mitsotakis’s closest aides, is expected to get one of the top jobs in the next cabinet. Rumours have been swirling around former foreign minister... of parliamentary speaker but neither has been confirmed. Ex-Labour Minister Kostis Hatzidakis is one
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Newsletter 1 31/10/2014
that headline conclusion, there are several interesting takeaways from the results. One important finding... billion euros under the baseline scenario and 4.6 billion under the adverse one. This included the 6... but is also liked by Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos, who served in one of his governments. The ex
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will represent one of the most creative moves by Greek governments during the crisis to avoid inflicting more... commitment from lenders regarding debt relief than the one his predecessor Antonis Samaras was given... not be in danger of losing his majority as the government now has 162 of 300 seats. Government
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Agreement creates array of political challenges for Tsipras, who must move fast
PoliticsGreek Politics’s medium-term funding problems, highlighting this as one of the key advantages of this package... was one of seven SYRIZA MPs who abstained in Saturday’s meeting and has refused to give up her... for long as he was one of those who abstained in the vote to authorise Tsipras to agree a deal
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