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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek Politics, possibly through cuts to auxiliary and high-end main pensions, it is clear that Tsipras has to seek... in the fight against tax evasion. SYRIZA has started discussing since the beginning of the year its ideas... they could study their fiscal impact. It is not clear if this has now happened or if the government has
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Tsipras, against all odds
Agoraadroit management of his team over the last few months has only been bettered by Leicester coach Claudio... different nature. It is no longer his MPs he has to worry about, but voters. The about-turns, broken promises and the sense of cynicism that his government has left in its wake has alienated a large part
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SYRIZA tests PASOK waters with talk of possible alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsreligion and other ideological issues. Kammenos has repeatedly insisted that the two parties... SYRIZA that perhaps the alliance between the leftists and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL has run its course. This has come to fore since the policy-making focus moves to issues that are not linked
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Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthose that have shown an interest in the revival of the centre-left, Gennimata also has the task... currently has a comfortable lead in the opinion polls, fails to gain an outright majority. One... that the pair could reach "an honest understanding" about important issues. So far, there has been
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politics. Since winning the national elections, New Democracy has proceeded to restructure the police force... where they were being transferred. Meanwhile, the police has made it known that it will be targeting... mayoral campaign. On a national level, Exarchia has become synonymous with New Democracy’s law
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Mitsotakis lauds Commission VP nomination amid murmurs within party
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been overshadowed at home by a potential rift within New Democracy that could present Prime... in Europe. The prime minister has been claiming over the last couple of months that the change in government in Athens has led to its European partners viewing Greece in a more positive light
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politics, which has already been voted, and would award the winning party an extra 40 seats. New Democracy... the deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
an enhanced PR system, which has already been voted, and would award the winning party an extra 40 seats... Minister Makis Voridis, while government spokesman Stelios Petsas has been appointed Alternate... figures from the right wing of the party which has given rise to the loudest criticism, with centre
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More fiscal space emerges for new energy relief package as parties jostle for support
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecovering some of the public support it has lost in recent months. The latest budget execution... 0.6 billion of this expenditure has already been accounted for. When taken all together.... The cost-of-living crisis has become a sore point for New Democracy as opinion polls consistently show
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Military chief caught in wiretapping affair's sights, prompting strong ND response
PoliticsGreek Politics– a claim that has not been directly denied by the government or the armed forces chief. In its latest..., which New Democracy has repeatedly tied to Documento, of trying to undermine Greece’s armed forces... to take legal action over the allegations. SYRIZA responded by noting that Floros has not denied
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