January 7, 2019 Greece, Politics
Junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos and several of his ANEL lawmakers are determined to withdraw from the government once the Prespes Agreement will come to Greek Parliament for ratification. Constitutional procedures in FYROM are expected to conclude on Jan 15 and the Agreement to come to Greek Parliament towards end …
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July 17, 2018
Greece, Politics
For one more time, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rejected scenarios pushed around by main opposition conservative New Democracy for snap elections even in the summer months. After a meeting of SYRIZA Political Council, reporters waiting in the heat of July afternoon asked him when the elections will take place. “You’d …
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June 25, 2018
Politics, World
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been elected as the first executive president of Turkey under the new presidential system. His party’s alliance with far-right Nationalist Movement MHP, the People’s Alliance, secured him the victory already in the first round of presidential elections. The same alliance of Islamists and Ultra-nationalists secures him …
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May 29, 2018
World
The hell broke out on Tuesday afternoon, when European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources. Gunther Oettinger from German CDU claimed that “European voters should not vote for right populists or left parties.” Reason for this unprecedented ‘teaching’ was the political turmoil in Italy and the prospect of new elections. …
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April 30, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has reportedly already decided about the next parliamentary elections. They are to take place on 13 October 2019, together with local municipality elections. The Greek prime minister has dismissed scenarios and proposals for the elections to be held in autumn 2018 or in May 2019, together …
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April 18, 2018
Turkey-GR
In a surprise move, Turkey’s ruling Justice & Development Party (AKP) and its ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) agreed to hold snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, 2018, seventeen months months before the scheduled date. Erdogan cited internal and external politicla issues as well as economic matters …
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April 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
Former finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he targets the office of the prime minister at the next elections in Greece. In an interview with TRT World, Varoufakis said he will run for prime minister in the country’s next general elections. TRT World’s Imran Garda spoke to the anti-austerity campaigner at length …
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March 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
The leader of Greece’s major opposition party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said he was confident that conservative New Democracy will win the next elections. When will these be? Any time now, most probably in the second half of 2018.” During his visit in Washington these days, the new prime minister of Greece …
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December 2, 2017
Greece, Politics
Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis revealed that he will run in the next parliamentary elections in Greece. Speaking to private ANT1 TV magazine Kalimera Ellada, Varoufakis said that his pan-European party Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) will held a conference in Greece in order to prepare for the new …
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November 13, 2017
Greece, Politics
PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata has gathered the majority of votes on Sunday elections that were held in order to choose a new leader for Greece’s socialist part PASOK. According to amna.gr, with 50 percent of the polling stations counted -which corresponds to about 70,000 votes- the results are: Fofi Gennimata …
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October 24, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greece’s main opposition party, conservative New Democracy has brought back to debate the right to vote for diaspora Greeks. On Monday, ND leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, resubmitted to Parliament his legislative proposal to give diaspora Greeks the right to vote in Greek elections. Complaining that his original proposal he submitted 18 …
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October 2, 2017
Greece, Politics
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem urged Greeks to “Keep up the good work” and do not hold their next parliamentary elections earlier than 2019, as planned. In an interview with the Sunday edition of Kathimerini newspaper Dijseelbloem said “we must conclude the programme together to ensure that Greece will exit the …
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September 25, 2017
Editor
Greece is closely watching the political developments in Germany as the new coalition government that will be formed will have direct impact on the Greek debt and the discussions about its relief expected to begin after conclusion of the bailout program in August 2018. Right after the exit polls on …
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September 25, 2017
Greece, Politics
87% of Germans are shocked about the win of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The first time after World War II, a populist political party with racist features enter the Parliament. Majority of German and international analysts blame Merkel’s migration policy for the rise of AfD and the losses …
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August 7, 2017
Greece
Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas has confirmed that Germany will start returning newly-arrived asylum seekers to Greece, effectively ending a five-year suspension of such transfers due to the poor conditions in the debt-hit country. In an interview with German public television station ARD show “Report Mainz,” due to be aired on …
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May 6, 2017
Greece, World
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron revealed how he will deal with Greek debt in case he wins the elections on Sunday. He said he is in favor of a concerted restructuring of the Greek debt by keeping Greece in the euro zone.. In his last elections campaign interview on Friday, …
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April 24, 2017
Editor
Ex banker, ex socialist and political outsider Emmanuel Macron won the first round of presidential elections in France on Sunday. French elections results have been perceived with a sign of relief in the European Union. A fine day for Europe and Greece, where creditors are expected to return to Athens …
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April 5, 2017
Politics, World
A new president of the Eurogroup could be elected by the summer break, as the controversy surrounding Jeroen Dijsselbloem has almost put paid to any chance he had of completing his mandate once a new Dutch government is formed. Remarks by Dijsselbloem that southern countries blew money on drinks and …
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March 23, 2017
Economy
The International Monetary Fund will seek assurances by Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy in case the fund decides to participate in the Greek program. In the regular briefing on Thursday, the spokesman of IMF, Gerry Rice, did not rule out assurances by the Greek opposition. Assurances mean that Greece’s …
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January 27, 2017
Economy, Editor
The Eurogroup meeting on Thursday ended for Greece as expected: highly stubborn creditors putting immense pressure on Greece to legislate austerity measures that will be implemented in after 2018 now. The finance ministers of eurozone demand with superabundant insolence from Greece what they would never do in their own countries: to …
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