February 22, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, the man who brought Stefanos Kasselakis to SYRIZA, dropped a mega-bomb just an hour before the party Congress commenced on Thursday evening. he urged him to seek a vote of confidence by party members. Practically, the former SYRIZA leader questions and challenges the current leader …
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August 14, 2015
Politics
Bill passed, SYRIZA suffers defeat and thus by its own lawmakers. With 222 YES votes the Greek Parliament approved the 3. bailout bill on Friday morning. 64 MPs voted NO and 11 Abstained. With 42 SYRIZA MPs to have voted NO or “Present”, the the major coalition government partner suffered …
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February 6, 2015
Politics
Greek coalition government SYRIZA-Independent Greeks will announce its policy programme in Parliament on Sunday, February 8th, will the vote of confidence will take place two days later, Tuesday, February 10th around midnight. The program announcement will take place one day later than originally scheduled, most likely due to the meetings …
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January 26, 2015
Politics
The very first challenge Greece’s new coalition government has to deal with is the Presidential election. But before this procedure is launched, other modalities have to be settled: form the cabinet, open the Parliament, get a vote of confidence. Cabinet The names of the ministers to form Greece’s new cabinet …
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October 2, 2014
Politics
In an unexpected move, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and deputy PM Evangelos Venizelos announced on Wednesday evening, that they will seek a vote of confidence at the Greek Parliament.The government decision splashes in the middle of a political atmosphere full of tension with main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA, a constant …
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July 8, 2012
Politics
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition government won the vote of confidence. As expected all 179 MPs from conservative Nea Dimocratia, socialist PASOK and Democratic Left voted in favor of the government programme. 121 MPs from the opposition voted “No”. Now we have to see whether the government will start …
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November 16, 2011
Politics
Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos received the confidence vote at the Greek Parliament on Wednesday afternoon with 255 YES and 38 NO out of 293 voters in a Parliament of 300. Two PASOK deputies and one from Nea Dimokratia voted NO.. All left parties voted NO to the new Greek …
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November 5, 2011
Politics
With 153 YES votes from his own deputies Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won the confidence vote in a session full of scenarios and speculations that at a certain point they were claiming Papandreou was to resign at any minute. At the end of the day Papandreou did not step …
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November 4, 2011
Politics
Under the pressure of many of his deputies Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is being ‘forced’ to deliver his speech a couple of hours earlier than scheduled. Not shortly before the confidence vote starts at midnight, but in good half-an-hour, at 8 pm local time. Ruling party PASOK parliamentary group …
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November 4, 2011
Politics
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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June 22, 2011
Politics, Society
All governing party PASOK deputies gave their vote of confidence to PM George Papandreou and the reshuffled cabinet. From the 298 present MP, 155 votes YES and 143 voted NO. Last night vote of confidence was a kind of pre-test for the voting of Mid-Term Austerity Programme that will most …
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June 21, 2011
Politics, Society
Estimated 30,000 “Indignant” Greeks have gathered outside the Greek Parliament on the 28th day of the protests. Chanting slogans, waving Greek flags and ‘attacking’ the Parliament building with laser teasers they try to influence the lawmakers inside the building. Tuesday midnight the vote of confidence for the reshuffled government will …
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June 21, 2011
Politics, Society
Thirty-three degrees Celsius outside, the streets are burning and the souls are on fire. It’s a cruel and hot Greek Summer Day with governing party PASOK-members preparing psychologically to give a vote of confidence to the newly appointed cabinet and thousands of “Indignant” Greeks getting ready physically to create a human …
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June 19, 2011
Politics
Greece prime Minister George Papandreou revealed for the first time he was considering the options of “default” and “exit the eurozone” but that he finally picked up the “bailout”. Speaking at the Greek Parliament during the debate for the vote of confidence, Papandreou announced a referendum for ‘important changes’ among …
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