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PM appeals to Brussels over high prices, sparking opposition scorn
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the government. Over the last few days, Mitsotakis has placed multinationals and their practices in his..., but the government is moving ahead with plans to publicise the issue further. The Greek PM has now... itself as one of the strongest performing centre-right groupings, while Mitsotakis has also
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Polls provide little comfort for opposition parties ahead of EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor ND and PASOK has edged up by just 0.1 point, while SYRIZA has seen its backing increase by 0.4 points. Support for ultranationalist Greek Solution has fallen by 0.6 points, which will be welcome... to hit the targets it has set for the EP vote, which is to more or less match the 33 pct it gained
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Greece targets seat on UN Security Council as North Macedonia row rumbles on
PoliticsForeign Policynoted. Process, numbers and goals The Greek Foreign Minister has been in New York since Monday and his main aim has been to promote the Greek candidacy in order to secure, during the voting process, the maximum possible number of votes. In terms of numbers, diplomatic sources note that Greece has now
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European Parliament vote delivers blow to PM as rise of far right, low turnout dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsof around 20 pct. Although Kasselakis has had to content with serious internal disputes, including... spectrum, despite Mitsotakis’s insistence in numerous interviews that the government has followed... of retaining its support among right-wing voters. The momentum which the far-right has built after
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Government tries to find its footing again after EP vote surprise
PoliticsGreek Politics-to-day business after the turbulence created by the outcome of the European Parliament elections has been accompanied by an insistence from the Mitsotakis camp that the PM has no intention of giving... of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and ND, a development which has strengthened the party.” In his own comments after
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Greece out of fiscal spotlight, but economic imbalances still a worry
Economyfor France and Italy, but Greece is not in the spotlight over its public finances, although Brussels has... system has been involved in MoU implementation, which has generated a wider philosophy of fiscal prudence... are now managed by servicers, there are challenges in securing the collections targets which has
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PASOK decides to hold new leadership contest as SYRIZA confusion continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsis premature and that he should wait until he has served at least one term as mayor before becoming involved..., and strong alliances in the party. Geroulanos has played a prominent role under Androulakis’s leadership.... There has been friction between current leader Stefanos Kasselakis and his predecessor, Alexis Tsipras
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Left looks to France for inspiration as SYRIZA postpones key decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicswill also be after PASOK’s leadership contest has concluded. This is seen as key to developments at SYRIZA... to the whole of Europe, and Greece.” His intervention carries a special weight because so far Tsipras has been mentioned as the most likely figure to lead a united left/centre-left in Greece. Tsipras has
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List of PASOK leadership hopefuls expands as SYRIZA developments on hold
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidacy in an interview with Skai TV on Monday. Diamantopoulou, who has been hinting at a return... is their stance on pursuing collaboration with other forces of the left and centre-left. While Androulakis has... were suitable. Among the general public, Doukas has the top approval rating, 32 pct, followed
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Mitsotakis underlines support for MEP Beleri as field for PASOK leadership vote widens
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek politician whose imprisonment has been at the heart of an ongoing... supporters. Mitsotakis’s decision to add Beleri, who has a previous conviction for arms smuggling... for membership but that it would have to live up to the commitments it has made to the EU. Later, Beleri
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