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Mitsotakis revives spectre of political instability as polls show ND lead diminished
PoliticsGreek Politicsbenchmarks for success on May 21. ND is aiming for upwards of 34 pct, in order to signal that a majority... will be problematic. Polls The latest sounding conducted by MRB on behalf of the Newsbomb website
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SYRIZA sets sights on "progressive coalition" after first ballot
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be incentivised to cooperate in order to bring about political change. The SYRIZA leader laid out a logic... that they are the ones responsible for encouraging the neo-Nazis. Voting on the latest amendment, the third
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Far-right party banned, possibly reducing threshold for election majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsabove 3 pct in the opinion polls. This is the threshold that parties have to overcome in order... as the others. The latest ProRata poll for Attica TV, published on Tuesday, put support for Ellines
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Tsipras pitches SYRIZA election manifesto as basis for progressive coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsforeclosures in order to bring immediate relief to struggling households. Among the 11 priority areas... The news that Greece was ranked lowest among European nations in the latest Reporters Without Borders
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Mitsotakis makes direct play for PASOK voters as SYRIZA questions opinion polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsof campaigning. The latest poll of voting intentions published by RASS for ACTION 24 with six days to go... party in order to be in a better negotiating position, should it be required, in a second or third
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Tax policy propelled to top of agenda for second elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has accused PASOK of planning increases in property, dividends and inheritance taxes in order... crisis. This was the latest in a series of statements by PASOK candidates that ND has seized
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Opposition parties jostle for position in post-election political landscape
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the conservatives’ promises on the economic front were not costed in the latest Stability Programme submitted... in May at the behest of Mitsotakis in order to weaken SYRIZA. Plefsi was one of the surprise success
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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the crisis. This is the latest policing failure to taint the New Democracy administration, which has consistently campaigned on a law-and-order platform and initiated a specific crackdown on football
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Government paves way for major U-turn on migration as opposition warns of interference in regulators
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir opposite numbers from Turkey and Bulgaria near the Evros border to assess the latest trends... linked the two initiatives by saying that they were part of a push to bring order to the largely unmapped
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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe refugee and migrant populations in Greece have risen by more than half compared to last year, according to the latest figures announced by Greek authorities. In September around 1,700 refugees... refugees to EU member states. This will be a tall order since EU member states are already having
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