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Vexed SYRIZA abstains from vote on election bans
PoliticsGreek Politics 09/02/2023 - 10:42
The Greek Parliament voted, amid some acrimony, late on Wednesday night to allow the Supreme Court to ban parties that are led by convicted criminals and which represent a threat to democracy from taking part in the country’s elections.
PM sees stance on defence issues as vote winner for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics 08/02/2023 - 14:13
Parliament is due to vote this Wednesday on legislation that would ban the far-right Ellines party from taking part in this year’s elections, which SYRIZA feels Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to turn into a contest about each party’s patriotism.
ND warns of fiscal risk from SYRIZA pledges as Tsipras takes heart from Cyprus polls
PoliticsGreek Politics 07/02/2023 - 13:56
New Democracy has been picking apart SYRIZA’s economic programme, accusing the left-wing opposition of making promises it can’t deliver and risking fiscal derailment in the process.
ND makes move to stop far-right party from taking part in elections
PoliticsGreek Politics 03/02/2023 - 14:18
The government has tabled a legislative amendment aimed at banning former Golden Dawn MP and convicted criminal Ilias Kasidiaris from leading his party, which has shown signs of gaining support recently, into this year’s elections.
PASOK feels the squeeze as main rivals paint stark election dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politics 02/02/2023 - 14:02
With all parties in informal campaign mode, the outcome of the next elections is becoming increasingly uncertain. The gap between New Democracy and SYRIZA is closing, while PASOK is emerging as the main loser in an increasingly polarised debate.
PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek Politics 30/01/2023 - 12:05
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who left Athens on Friday for an official visit to Japan, easily survived the no-confidence vote called by the opposition but SYRIZA is not intending to let the surveillance issue die down despite the New Democracy leader’s best efforts to turn the tables on Alexis Tsipras.
Transparency concerns emerge among voters as leaders clash over wiretapping
PoliticsGreek Politics 27/01/2023 - 12:11
The debate that followed the censure motion tabled by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras this week is due to climax on Friday, when PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the opposition chief do battle over the surveillance scandal before MPs vote in a ballot that New Democracy is expected to win comfortably given its six-seat majority.
Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek Politics 26/01/2023 - 09:21
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras triggered a censure debate in Parliament on Wednesday after submitting evidence on the surveillance of senior officials by the intelligence service EYP.
Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politics 25/01/2023 - 11:13
The political clash over the surveillance scandal went up a notch on Tuesday, when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign and the government suggested that the head of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) is doing the opposition party’s bidding.
Opposition dismisses PM's economic pledges as electioneering, keeps focus on surveillance
PoliticsGreek Politics 24/01/2023 - 14:26
Opposition parties have dismissed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s latest economic measures as a pre-election stunt, while signalling their intention to keep up the pressure to bring the government to account over the surveillance affair.