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Postal vote bill passed by Greek Parliament but not for “national elections”

January 24, 2024 FEATURED, Greece, Politics Comments Off on Postal vote bill passed by Greek Parliament but not for “national elections”

The legislation establishing postal vote for the upcoming European elections, as well as national referendums, was voted by the parliament on Wednesday. As communist party KKE had reportedly requested a roll-call vote, it turns out that the legislation was voted by the 158 MPs of ruling New Democracy, while it …

Ruling party & nationalist MPs approve controversial Education bill incl police in uni campuses

February 12, 2021 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 1

Greek lawmakers passed legislation on Thursday that allows special police on university campuses as part of education reforms that opponents say threaten academic freedom established after the end of military rule in the 1970s. Defying coronavirus restrictions, thousands of people rallied in central Athens for a second day, as legislators …

Greek Parliament ratifies Prespes Agreement with 153 YES

January 25, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Greek Parliament ratifies Prespes Agreement with 153 YES

The Greek Palriament ratified the historical Prespes Agreement with 153 YES. The majority was achieved with 145 SYRIZA votes as well as with the votes of ministers Kountoura (ex ANEL) and Papakosta (independent), two votes from To Potami (Theodorakis, Mavrotas) and the votes of DIMAR (Theocharopoulos), Democratic Left (Lykoudis), ex …

Prespes Agreement approved by Committee of Greek Palriament

January 22, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Prespes Agreement approved by Committee of Greek Palriament

With a majority of votes, the Committee of National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Greek Parliament approved the Prespes Agreement on Tuesday afternoon. The deal between Greece and FYROM will be now submitted to the Plenary for voting and ratification. The discussion and processing of the draft law ratifying …

Greek Parliament passes austerity bill with prior actions worth €5.5billion

June 14, 2018 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Greek Parliament passes austerity bill with prior actions worth €5.5billion

The Plenary of the Greek Parliament passed the omnibus bill with the prior actions necessary for the conclusion of the fourth and final review of the Greek programme. The fast-track bill was passed on Thursday afternoon with 154 votes in favor and and 144 against, in a total of 298 …

Parliament adopts Gender Change Bill amid a debated about aliens

October 10, 2017 Greece, Politics 3

Greek parliament approved the bill for gender change and legal identity despite the strong objections of the Greek Orthodox Church and amid a political debate on Greek traditions, family and religious ideals, the “struggle against Turks in 1821” and … “aliens. The bill passed with the votes of SYRIZA and …

Multi-bill passed; PM Samaras ousts one MP; Greek gov’t thin majority

March 30, 2014 Politics 2

The multi bill needed o secure the next bailout tranche passed in a voting at the Greek Parliament late Sunday night.The multi-bill was compressed in two articles. Article 1 received 152 votes and Article 2 received 151. Athens major candidate and Nea Dimokratia MP, Nikitas Kaklamanis, voted “present” instead of …

Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Budget 2013 – ND Expels One MP

November 12, 2012 Politics 3

Greek Parliament passed austerity Budget 2013 with 167 YES, 128 NO and 4 Abstentions. right after the voting, Antonis Samaras expelled MP Soldatos (Lefkada) from the parliamentary group of Nea Dimocratia for having opposed the budget cuts in Labour and Development Ministries. the number of seats for conservative ND dropped to 125. …

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