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Newsletter 460 - 02/05/2025
Democracy’s ratings slide has stopped and that the ruling centre-right party has started to edge up... is seen as another step towards addressing the housing crisis, which has seen Greeks in major cities... parliamentary majority. The latter has been put in serious doubt by the centre-right party’s recent decline
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Sowing the seeds of anomie in Greece
Agoracoalition has portrayed itself as a new broom but its efforts so far have been somewhat of a damp squib... fearing showing signs of weakness at this early stage in his premiership, has backed Katrougalos... response has been that some members have argued that ministers in previous administrations were
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Greece reaches for its pills
Agoraof accepting bribes from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant has unleashed all the negative and vomit-inducing elements that Greek politics has to offer. Claims about “the biggest scandal since the formation... it is worth. If SYRIZA were to draw up a list of the political figures with which it has the most
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agorapractices? Because it is a line that has been used so often that it has been worn bare. Many of his... the choking grip of entangled interests? The reality is that there has been little to inspire optimism. Sure... problem has been that Tsipras has failed to establish any ethical boundaries within his own government
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Greek parties face fine balance as they discuss name issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament (Public Issue has the Union of Centrists on 2.5 percent and ANEL on 2 percent), the winning... pressure to clarify his position. The defence minister has said that his party will not support any..., Kammenos has hinted that if there is consensus on a solution he would not stand in its way. The issue
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SYRIZA and ND battle over centre ground with different methods, aims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has recently courted the political centre by including some moderates on its list of European... politics. In a similar vein, New Democracy has also been trying to highlight over the last few days... parliamentary majority. SYRIZA SYRIZA, on the other hand, has a different approach to appealing
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Questions persist about timing of general elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to clear up some of the basic parameters... on May 19 or May 26. So far, the government has indicated that the local and European elections will be held on the same date. However, this option has been complicated by the possibility of Tsipras
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Greek elections: Just the (decisive) details to be settled
AgoraAlexis Tsipras will ask Greeks to go the polls. Tsipras has made a late attempt to sway voters this week... the last decade and over the 4.5 years that SYRIZA has been in power. However, it will be of concern... not worked out that way and the prime minister has had to resort to a series of tactical manoeuvres
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agoraa clear majority as the threshold which the winning party has to pass is directly linked to the total... polls. The EU vote showed that the tide has turned in Greek politics and that the momentum... wildfire last summer, the Macedonia name deal and law and order issues. However, it has been evident
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... to Erdogan when the pair met in Watford. It has also been condemned by Egypt and Cyprus, the other countries... as acting meekly in the face of Turkish provocations. Mitsotakis has said that he had an “open discussion
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