February 7, 2019 Greece, Politics
“We need a new government in Greece,” said Manfred Weber, chariman of the European People’s Party (EPP) at the European Parliament and canditate of his group for the European Commission Presidency. Holding a joint press conference with New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the arch-conservative German politician from Bavaria seemed certain …
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February 4, 2019
Greece, Politics
We have being there, we have heard this. All these promises made by politicians in the government or main opposition party in elections years: Money will pour down, no matter what. In this sense, the latest pledge by main opposition New Democracy are just another promise leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis may …
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October 2, 2018
Greece
A German newspaper has set the Greek political landscape on fire after it revealed that a close aide of leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis from conservative New Democracy had two secret meetings with FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. MEP Maria Spyraki and ND spokesperson reportedly met with Zaef in December 2017 and …
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September 19, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy has announced that its lawmakers will no longer appear on panels of the state broadcaster ERT. The decision comes just a few months after ruling party SYRIZA decided to boycott private SKAI TV for “one-sided propaganda against the government.” The decision was taken in …
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July 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
Majority of Greeks are against early elections, considers the Macedonia Agreement “negative” and are pessimistic about the economy. What is cause of concern in the public opinion survey published on Sunday is that Greeks are eager to embrace extreme views when it comes to the Macedonia Agreement 18% agree with …
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May 3, 2018
Greece, Politics
Leader of Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy has promised a 0ne-billion-euros guaranteed income plane, once his party would come into power. “Securing economic growth is a key way of reducing poverty and social exclusion,” ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday. Speaking at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute of Democracy, Mitsotakis …
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April 19, 2018
Uncategorized
The gap between ruling left-wing SYRIZA and main opposition party conservative New Democracy is narrowing, according to the most recent public opinion poll. The gap has decreased to 4.7% from 4.9% in a poll in February conducted by the same company. At the same time, Tsipras’ junior coalition partner Independent …
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April 3, 2018
Greece, Politics
A public opinion poll with surprise results: The difference between left-wing SYRIZA and conservative main opposition party New Democracy is getting smaller. At the same time, should elections be held next Sunday, only five political parties would manage to pass the threshold of 3% and enter the Palriament. According to …
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March 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek parliament rejected on Thursday night a proposal by New Democracy to set up a special parliamentary committee to investigate a possible breach of trust by three SYRIZA ministers in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Novartis case, after it failed to secure the required majority. The proposal …
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March 1, 2018
Greece, Politics
Former New Democracy Health Minister, Giorgos Sourlas, said he was offered kickbacks by a pharmaceutical company in order to market vaccines. Speaking to state ERT TV, the former minister said he was offered 500 million Drachmas* in order to market last generation vaccines for hepatitis. “It happened once, I was …
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February 12, 2018
Greece, Politics
An explosive device went off at the entrance of a company belonging to Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, the wife of the leader of conservative New Democracy in the early morning hours of Monday. The device consisted of three small gas canisters and exploded in Taki Street in Psyri area in downtown Athens …
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March 14, 2017
Politics, Refugees
Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy warns that 200,000 refugees and migrants will flock to Greece if the EU Turkey deal on the refugee crisis breaks apart. ND vice president Adonis Georgiadis said on Tuesday that if the confrontation between Turkey and Europe continues, Ankara will break the agreement one …
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January 19, 2017
Politics
Ex former Minister, a physician, and lawmaker of conservative New Democracy claimed that homosexuality is a contagious disease. In an interview to Parapolitika web TV, Gerasimos Giakkoumatos, 67, claimed that “in medical terms homosexuals appear in two forms: they have acquired it or they were born like this.” He said …
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October 31, 2016
Politics
Conservative daily Eleftheros Typos reveals on Monday that the minister involved in the TV licenses visited Venezuela together with a Cypriot off-shore lawyer whose name was mentioned in the Panama Papers. The visit took place back in 2013, that is 116 months before SYRIZA won the elections and came into …
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June 12, 2016
Politics
In a public opinion polls published over the weekend, main opposition party, conservative New Democracy leads with 3.5% towards governing left-wing SYRIZA. However, in polls conducted even a month ago, ND used to lead with 7%. At the same time, 32.4% of respondents declare that they do not know which …
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May 22, 2016
Politics
That was the greatest “OPS!” in the history of the Greek Parliament, I think. New Democracy MP Dimitris Stamatis told lawmakers that ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be Prime Minister of Greece in spring 2017! “The people elect the governments even if they make mistakes as in your case. In …
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April 15, 2016
Politics
Main opposition party, conservative New Democracy continues to lead in public opinion polls with party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to keep repeating on 24/7-basis: “This Syriza government is incapable.” The propaganda works: 47% of Greeks want early elections and – surprise! – among them also SYRIZA voters. Third party remains the …
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February 18, 2016
Politics
Conservative New Democracy leads with 3.7% ahead of ruling party left-wing SYRIZA. In a public opinion poll conducted 4-11 February 2016. third party in respondents’ preference is Communist KKE however with a difference of more than 17 percent. Public opinion poll conducted by MRB: ND 26.9% SYRIZA 23.2% KKE …
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December 14, 2015
Economy
And now the end is near…. and so they face the final curtain. My friend, I’ll say it clear, they’ll state their case, of which they’re certain. They’ve lived a life that’s full, they’ve traveled each and every highway; And more, much more than this, they did it their way…. …
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September 20, 2015
Politics
Ballot boxes close at 7 pm. Exit Polls will be published one minute after the voting concludes. First official results are expected around 9-9:30 pm 19:00 pm First Exit Polls – via state ERT TV error margin +/- 2% SYRIZA 30-34.8% New Democracy 28-32% Golden Dawn 6.5-8% PASOK , …
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