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Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politics, SYRIZA was only able to draw support for the motion from the anti-bailout Independent Greeks... revolved largely around the now entrenched pro- and anti-memorandum arguments, which voters have heard... to be relayed to the crowd. But only 5,000 people, at most, turned out for the rally. Most anti
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agora, anti-memorandum, a label covering a wide range of the political spectrum that raged against the deal... the political spectrum and by every self-respecting analyst. Tsipras had the anti-MoU field all to himself... with its own ultra-nationalist, anti-MoU message. A group that split from SYRIZA under the name
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Government's relationship with Stournaras teeters again
PoliticsForeign PolicyYannis Stournaras after anti-corruption prosecutors reportedly raided the ex-finance minister’s home... was ordered by anti-corruption prosecutor Eleni Raikou in April. This followed public administration... that the government-appointed members of the board of directors at Attica Bank resign as part
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Corruption claims dominate political discussion ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Parliament this week of the first phase of an investigation carried out by anti-corruption... seized on a report in Proto Thema weekly on Sunday, which alleged that anti-corruption general..., as well as KINAL, demanded that she resign. The newspaper report was vehemently denied by Xepapadea
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Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government deals with sit-in protests by anti-establishment groups. The issue has already caused friction within the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsto resign. His removal would be controversial and may create friction between the government... the parliamentary immunity of Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis over allegations that he was bribed to ask
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agoralike her to resign, what is to keep mere political mortals from panicking about their futures? Perhaps... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting last week was for a large refugee
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SYRIZA on tenterhooks as outcome of review remains in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsin September 2015 that any SYRIZA MPs who are not prepared to vote with the government should resign and hand... the details of the agreement are known. Interior Minister Panos Skourletis’s suggestion last week
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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoes not toe the party line. The MP said he would first vote for the agreement and then resign his... former spokeswoman and current Deputy Interior Minister Marina Hrysoveloni claimed in an interview
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Challenges piling up for govt as spokesperson departs
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen asked to resign, seemingly undermining the spokesperson. This was symptomatic of the government... than 60 days after replacing Stelios Petsas, who was appointed interior minister. Some government
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