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Mitsotakis prepares to unveil economic plans, leave imprint ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis has claimed that he will try to negotiate lower primary surplus targets with Greece’s lenders... interviews, the opposition leader has said that he would like to create a three-pillar system... and the involvement of the private sector. The coalition has responded to this proposal by claiming
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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek Politicswithing the party is most evident in respect to the Macedonia name issue, which Kammenos has... the height of the anti-austerity sentiment in Greece, may have run its course now that the country has exited its third bailout and its participation in a coalition with leftist SYRIZA has blunted its
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Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018
to maintain unity Alexis Tsipras has to guide his government through another storm after the resignation... part in the ballot as things stand. However, even if Kotzias has no intention of leading a newly... political future. By leaving the government now, he has a chance to distance himself from the deal
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Greece's never-ending election campaign
Agorathe prolonged pre-election period Greece has entered is damaging the country. There is nothing wrong... as bribes in connection to a 2003 defence deal. Although he has not yet been convicted, the government has used Papantoniou’s case to bring back into the public debate the “old vs new” divide
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Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
SocietyMinister Kostas Gavroglou has accused Mitsotakis of being driven by an “extreme neoliberal fixation” whose ultimate aim is to abolish free state education. Mitsotakis has pledged to bring a comprehensive...-reform Pledging to scrap a predecessor’s education policy has become a recurring motif in Greek
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Ball in Greece's court after Skopje completes approval of name deal
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsthe latter will officially announce that it has successfully completed its obligations deriving from... as his government is officially informed by Skopje that it has concluded its domestic process, he... Accession Protocol could last 5-6 days, respectively. It has been suggested that NATO is expecting
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Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
Agoraaims at resolving this 30-year-old dispute. The whole agreement has been built around the fact... a state that has been recognised as Republic of Macedonia by more than 130 countries agrees to amend..., Greece has agreed – according to Article 11 of the Interim Accord - not to veto the accession
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SYRIZA and ND battle over centre ground with different methods, aims
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/12/15/pasok_myrto_1000_1512-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
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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Name protests, scandal allegations inflame SYRIZA-ND rivalry
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been ordered by a prosecutor. The agency reportedly could not find for what reason the deposits... investigation units was forced to resign from his position. The government has distanced itself from Petsitis... nothing to do with the government, which has denied he worked for the PM’s Office. SYRIZA has also pointed
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agorapolls. The EU vote showed that the tide has turned in Greek politics and that the momentum... a clear majority as the threshold which the winning party has to pass is directly linked to the total... wildfire last summer, the Macedonia name deal and law and order issues. However, it has been evident
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