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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), including leader Panos Kammenos, did not vote for the law. PASOK, To Potami, the Union... within the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close..., there was a positive surprise in three ANEL lawmakers breaking with their party line and voting in favour
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With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
Agorathe Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has also shown no intention to rock the boat. The fact that none of ANEL’s nine MPs chose to speak during the recent... to ensure that SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers believe the most vulnerable are protected. With these measures
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation... disciplinary measures. The ANEL leader has become indispensable to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanks to his... both in his awarding of government positions to ANEL MPs (five of the nine lawmakers received
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Athens hopes for sub-tranche this week, ND keeps up pressure on Kammenos
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. Mitsotakis pursues Kammenos Conservative leader Kyriakos... defended the ANEL leader for speaking to one of the men convicted in the case. The prime minister... and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL. There was an example of this discomfort on Wednesday, when
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... from Archbishop Ieronymos and ANEL leader Kammenos, who maintains very close ties with the church.... It was pointed out that an ANEL MP, Dimitris Kammenos, last week voted against the provision
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Ankara tension and Macedonia name talks weigh down coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso indicated that a comment by an MP from junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. The tension between the two governing parties on foreign policy issues... the term “Macedonia.” He went as far as saying that ANEL would do whatever they could to stop
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Newsletter 157 -30/03/2018
Independent Greeks (ANEL), Kostas Katsikis, on Wednesday, when he suggested that the two soldiers might... Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. The tension between the two governing parties on foreign policy... to use the term “Macedonia.” He went as far as saying that ANEL would do whatever they could to stop
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Fallout from Macedonia name deal sparks turmoil for coalition and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL). Apart from trying to isolate Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA, New Democracy is also trying to put ANEL in a difficult position by having to justify why their MPs will vote... to the government by forcing some ANEL MPs not to back the coalition in the no-confidence vote. The move by New
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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicspartner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), as it takes attention away from the bickering within the government as a result of Defence Minister, and ANEL leader, Panos Kammenos’s row with former Foreign... might see out its four-year term. In effect, though, he confirmed that if Kammenos pulls ANEL out
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), repeated his threat on Thursday to quit from the cabinet if the Prespes... that the ANEL leader made his comments because he and his party are “politically dead.” He added that Kammenos is wrong to blame his party’s decline on the Macedonia name deal, arguing that ANEL’s
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