New Democracy gallops ahead for outright majority


Main opposition New Democracy (ND) is gearing up for a general election later this year as leader Kyriacos Mitsotakis toured Greek cities over the weekend. The conservative party chief visited Patras in Western Greece on Friday, followed by Makrakomi and Karpenisi on Saturday, where he met with local party members and announced New Democracy candidates […]

ND leader Mitsotakis rejects idea for censure motion


Greece’s main opposition party will not table a censure motion against the government over its disagreement on the Prespes accord, according to Kathimerini’s sources on Wednesday. A no-confidence motion would delay the ongoing parliamentary debate on the ratification of the name deal signed between Athens and Skopje to resolve a decades-old dispute on the name […]

Greece: PM Tsipras fails to secure name issue support from the opposition


The leader of the largest political party in Greece, New Democracy, after a meeting with the Greek PM on Saturday rejected any possibility of providing support to the current administration to muster a wide national consensus over the name issue. Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis after meeting PM Alexis Tsipras lambasted the way in which the […]