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Mitsotakis insists on unity as he builds towards 2027 poll contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament from 3 to 5 pct. One opinion poll published last week indicated that as many as 10 parties... for 2027 The vote in Parliament on the next president is seen as one of the major upcoming tests of unity within the ruling centre-right party. However, Mitsotakis pointed out that one of the aims
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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the one dominating the political centre in Greece – a space that the social democrats want to compete... in joining forces with SYRIZA over this issue, arguing that Mitsotakis is the one that needs to make... and others on the left into power. Opinion polls One of PASOK’s main difficulties is being able
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Newsletter 447 - 17/01/2025
nominate a presidential candidate from a different political space or one, as in the case.... This is a similar strategy to the one that paid off last year. The markets’ view on Greece’s debt and fiscal positions was recently highlighted by Scope Ratings’ decision to push Greece one notch further
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New polls suggest picking party veteran for president helps PM in goal of mobilising ND base
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it attracted at the last general election. Roughly one in five of those who voted for New Democracy... currently supporting one of the array of parties to PASOK’s left. This seems a harder undertaking... it as a unifying nomination, while 39 pct see it as one that divides Greeks. Another 32 pct chose
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PM ponders reshuffle as PASOK mulls inability to make gains
PoliticsGreek Politicsbecause of close or even looser association with the deadly rail accident. However, one of Mitsotakis’s..., regardless of who Mitsotakis appoints as his ministers. The one change that the local media considers.... Androulakis made it clear that this was just a one-off and PASOK has no intention of joining forces
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Newsletter 456 - 21/03/2025
to press the “reset” button got off to a shaky start as one of the new additions to the cabinet... train crash. Nevertheless, given that he was included and turned out to be one of the more high... interest offered on deposits led to one of the highest interest rate spreads in the EU. The RRF
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Mitsotakis gets through to Trump with "win-win" message on tariffs
PoliticsGreek Politicsis a good man. I appreciate his comments”. Trump said a fair deal could be made “with any one of them... such as Course for Freedom’s Zoe Konstantopoulou. The party has faced its own inner turmoil, with one... on which party they want to govern, positioning the contest as one between two programmes. He noted
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Mitsotakis to resume tour of ministries as opponents struggle to gain traction
PoliticsGreek Politicsconditions. As a result, the government is planning several legislative interventions in the meantime. One... is designed to help ease the housing crisis, which has turned into one of the main challenges... of those who voted for SYRIZA say they now support Course of Freedom. One of the ways Famellos was hoping
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Newsletter 463 - 23/05/2025
PoliticsTempe proposals and corruption scandal increase pressure on NDTwo major issues—one old, one new—have put the ruling New Democracy (ND) party under scrutiny this week, with the Tempe train... are SMEs. The EFKA period reports also indicate that one in five workers are employed in hospitality
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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicsof at least one closed detention centre on the island of Crete to hold new arrivals. The tweak to the asylum... and one of the most prominent members of New Democracy’s right wing, suggested... needs to double down on the migration issue. In recent years, this has been one of the policy areas
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