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Amendment for migrant workers passes amid turmoil for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hoping to move on swiftly from Tuesday’s vote in Parliament... lawmakers, has been adopted by prime ministers in the past as a way of avoiding confrontation that could... was conservative prime minister and the current PM’s late father, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, was honorary
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Newsletter 407 - 12/01/2024
to burnish its reformist credentials and take the next steps in what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that more than 400 million... on public channel ERT on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined his position
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime.... Welcoming her, the prime minister used the occasion to voice his objections to the “rule of law” resolution... be the European Commission’s official report expected later this year. The prime minister repeated his earlier
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PM gets taste of war in Ukraine as parties battle over university bill in Parliament
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s eventful visit to Ukraine temporarily overshadowed... people not far from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s convoy. The prime minister described hearing... with respect to the diplomatic visit, emphasising the secrecy which surrounded the prime minister’s plans
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Newsletter 416 - 15/03/2024
railway disaster concluded this week amid accusations of a cover-up from opposition parties, but Prime... committee, was part of a concerted cover-up ordered by Prime Minister Mitsotakis and his office. Although..., and a separate inquiry by the European Public Prosecutor's Office. Prime Minister Mitsotakis used much
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Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo
PoliticsForeign Policytravelled to Cairo with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Cypriot... of migration, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed the need to establish legal migration
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Newsletter 419 - 05/04/2024
resigned on Thursday after it emerged that he and Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Bratakos had met... acted as an intermediary between the prime minister's office and the ruling New Democracy party. This role will be taken over by another close aide to the prime minister, Thanasis Nezis. It is widely
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign Policyof these marine parks.” The Greek prime minister also stressed that, “the improvement in Greek-Turkish... visa program for Turkish tourists to the island and others, the Greek prime minister also said... struggling not to lose votes to other nationalistic or right-wing parties. This explains the prime
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Foreign policy tops political agenda as relations with Greece's neighbours come under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the government’s strongest cards since coming to power in 2019. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due..., the build-up to the talks were overshadowed by events in North Macedonia and the visit of Albanian Prime... on Sunday prompted an immediate response from Greece’s Foreign Minister, followed by a statement from Prime
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsweek’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific... for the party to continue implementing its agenda. The measures outlined by the prime minister in recent... that it wants to introduce incentives for more hires. Speaking on TV station Action24 on Wednesday, the prime
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