Tag Archives: PASOK

Greece’s former prime Minister George Papandreou decided to stay at socialist PASOK leadership until he …goes. During a meeting of socialist Party PASOK, the ex PM told his companions in socialism that he will step down s party leader and will no seek to be re-elected. However that he will remain …

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You can call it what you want. A Farce. A Drama. A Tragicomedy. Political Acrobats. Theater of the Absurd. A Crazy-House. A Poker game. A Kindergarten. The political pandemonium  that took part yesterday in Greece was beyond any of logic. It stunned foreigners and Greeks alike. The national humiliation in Cannes, the referendum-‘card’ …

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Employees at the headquarters of ruling party PASOK are kindly requested to be patient and show understanding over the delay of their monthly salaries. According to Proto Thema newspaper, PASOK’s general secretary sent an sms to PASOK employees explaining the payroll delay of about 15 days with the delay of the …

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Something is been cooking on the stove of the Greek political kitchen, with ruling party PASOK ministers to raise their voices and criticizing the prime minister, opposition parties to demand early elections and national unity government, Papandreou to seem unsure about the future of the Greek debt, and citizens to crack …

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Now the Greeks got their own ‘Troika” made in Greece. Three top government ministers wrote an open letter of political interference addressing even the Prime Minister, the society and the unions. Anna Diamantopoulou (Education), Andreas Loverdos (Health) and Yannis Ragousis (Infrastructure) call for changes without delays and indirectly blamed the prime …

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Some governing party PASOK lawmakers had to experience on their own skin the citizens’ anger over the Mid-Term Austerity Programme. Just a couple of days after they voted YES, several lawmakers in Volos and Lamia, in Central Greece, became the targets of people’s outrage. Most ‘unlucky’ of all was MP Nikos Tsonis …

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Prime Minister George Papandreou is adamant on passing the Mid-Term Austerity Package through the Greek Parliament. According to latest information, the Package will be submitted to the Economics Commission of Parliament on June 15 for a so-called ‘fist reading’. Most probably the commission will conclude its works on June 17, unless …

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The next days will be dramatic for the Greek government as 16  PASOK deputies express concern about the Mid-Term “Rescue” Package imposed by the IMF/EU/ECB Troika.  Furthermore, quite some government ministers allegedly oppose the bright spectrum of privatizations and assets sales. Others oppose the idea of having ‘Troika-Commissioners” overlooking their jobs. Prime …

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I normally avoid to post about the fights among members of different Greek political parties that mostly serve internal affairs and voters. But this line of Left Wing party Synaspismos chairman Alexis Tsipras is really worth reporting. Tsipras was referring to deputy prime minister Theodoros Pangalos who on his part has often …

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