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Outright majority in sight for ND as campaign takes detour through recent past
PoliticsGreek Politicsand electing the former conservative interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos as president of the republic... could make it into the new Parliament, raising the threshold that the winner will have to pass... that one or both might not enter Parliament, where the threshold for electing MPs is 3 percent. According
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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek Politics, may take over the Interior Ministry, Nikos Dendias might become the next foreign minister, Yiannis... MeRA25 just under the threshold on 2.8 percent. For opposition leader Mitsotakis it seems to be just... excluded from Parliament, and the larger their share of the overall vote, the lower the threshold
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicsorder or interior ministries. Economy The opposition leader also touched upon the main elements of New... threshold to enter Parliament, this will make it easier for the conservatives to gain a majority. Mitsotakis... finance minister Yannis Varoufakis, are right on the 3 percent threshold for gaining seats in the next
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New Democracy moves to corral far-right vote, as PM braces for more surveillance evidence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe senior ND members who attended the funeral of “fishing in murky waters”. Interior Minister Makis... slowly gathering followers, with some polls putting the party close to the threshold for entering... in repeat elections, both substantially below the threshold for winning outright. SYRIZA, which trails
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Newsletter 369 - 10/02/2023
party as an attempt to stem the flow of potential New Democracy voters to the far-right. Interior... that support for the extremist grouping in the upcoming election could surpass the 3 percent threshold... of previous years. He also promised to raise the tax-free threshold to 10,000 euros and to double rent
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Judicial row erupts over election legislation as poll points to ND recovery
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeeming who will be able to stand in the upcoming elections. Interior Minister Makis Voridis has... opinion polls suggest support for the far-right grouping is as high as 4 pct, above the threshold... this target is within its reach. If seven parties elect MPs, this threshold would move closer to 40 pct
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politics. Reports also suggest that conservative officials are considering merging the Interior and Digital..., led by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, could get over the 3 pct threshold for electing MPs... for Skai TV, suggests that MeRA25 is still a long way off the 3 pct threshold and that seven parties
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PM tries to guide government to firmer ground as opposition also faces struggle
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis is due to visit the Interior Ministry on Monday, where Theodoros Livanios was installed... as its leader. Movement for Democracy is on 2.8 pct, below the 3 pct threshold for entering Parliament..., is also below the threshold on 2.7 pct, with MERa25, led by another former SYRIZA official, Yanis
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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsfell to 35.2 pct in the second ballot. The Interior Ministry believes the new system will ensure... authority are elected. Under the government’s latest proposal, as set out in the newspaper, a threshold... on the ballot paper. Once all the votes are counted, if no party passes the threshold, the leading
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicson the Interior Ministry in connection to the leaked emails. They were found to have breached data... the time of the national elections. Someone from the Interior Ministry, who has not been identified... for the European Parliament elections next month. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus has stressed
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