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Greece's foreign policy trap
AgoraIndependent Greeks (ANEL), met on Tuesday amid rumours (albeit exaggerated ones) of a deep rift between... name issue, including ANEL’s opposition to the kind of deal that Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias... a deal that allows Greece’s neighbour to use the term “Macedonia.” However, the ANEL leader has also
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Coalition back-and-forth over name deal belies election strategy
PoliticsGreek Politics, thereby dismissing the request made by Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos. The ANEL chief had suggested on Tuesday that the agreement with Skopje should be approved... be to call snap elections. It seems that despite Kammenos’s claims that the government will not see
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Tsipras planning for life without Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicsto call on the support of some opposition and independent MPs to get the required support. Apart... Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing of four of the six To Potami... the support of ANEL and that a parliamentary majority could be maintained. The reality of the matter
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
Independent Greeks (ANEL), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is not thinking of altering his plans. Reports... that the prime minister will be able to call on the support of some opposition and independent MPs to get... Kountoura and MP Thanassis Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing
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Mitsotakis scoffs at coalition's MoU exit strategy, challenges PM to elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has challenged Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call snap elections this year... of a general election later this year. “If SYRIZA and ANEL (Independent Greeks) mean all.... And if they are not afraid of New Democracy, let them take us on.” Mitsotakis said he challenged Tsipras to call
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To Potami expected to provide clinching votes in vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) MPs Elena Kountoura and Thanassis Papachristopoulos, independent lawmaker Katerina Papakosta... that the conditions have improved following the departure of ANEL from the coalition for a discussion... of its contents. The PM’s office also repeated its call for there to be a TV debate between Tsipras
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Cyprus cable dispute and Crete mafia case cast fresh clouds over TIF reset agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicswas a wiretapped phone call in which a defence minister agrees to intervene in favour a candidate for the Metropolis of Kydonia. Panos Kammenos, former head of the ANEL (Independent Greeks) party who served as defence minister in the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, is heard in conversation with one of gang’s
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis had asked for the prime minister to call elections as soon as Greece exits from... handled the affair will be evident in the ratings of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL.... The negative mood also seems to preclude any move by Tsipras to call snap elections in the immediate
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