Greece’s political parties are preparing their strategy ahead of the second election round on 25 June with post-election potential collaborations already causing tensions.
After the sweeping victory of the centre-right on the 21 May elections, progressive parties now clash over who will lead the main opposition in the second round.
The main opposition leftist Syriza party (EU Left) is in a deep crisis after the conservative New Democracy party (EPP) triumphed in the Sunday elections and is now on track to form a single-party government. All polls failed to project the …
The Greek government requested on Tuesday (16 May) the disbursement of the third tranche of its EU Recovery Fund, with the European Commission agreeing to a five-month period to evaluate the request.
The primary task of the next government should be carrying out the necessary reforms as well as returning to fiscal discipline to get rid of the “junk status” investment-grade, the governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, said ahead …
Greeks are casting their ballots on 21 May in one of most unpredictable national elections in years, with the formation of a new government uncertain and the leading politicians bickering over the credibility of current opinion polls that favour the ruling conservatives.
The opposition leftist Syriza (EU Left) and socialist (Pasok) parties have said all those involved in the wiretapping scandal, including politicians, will face criminal responsibilities and, if convicted, be jailed. Almost one week before the national elections (21 May), the discussion …
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admitted for the first time that there was no national security reason for the secret services to bug the phone of socialist leader Nikos Androulakis in the so-called “Greek Watergate”.
The leaders of main Greek political parties will hold a televised debate on Wednesday ahead of the 21 May national elections, which, at this stage, are unlikely to produce a government. A proportional system will apply in the first round of …
Socialists and Democrats (S&D) have always been able to cooperate with all pro-European forces in the European Parliament, but the centre-right European People’s Party’s movements towards collaboration with the far right oversteps our “pro-EU red line” and risks upsetting this …
Greece’s conservative government (EPP) lashed again against Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday, branding them “unreliable” after the publication of a report ranking Greece the worst EU country when it comes to media freedom for a second consecutive year. According to …
The Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union's (CSU) call for the lead candidate principle to be dropped in next year’s EU elections has caused a stir in Germany which has long been one of the strongest advocates for Spitzenkandidaten. According to the Spitzenkandidat …
The situation of press freedom in Greece has deteriorated according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2023 World Press Freedom Index, as the Mediterranean country ranked 107th out of 180 countries. “Press freedom in Greece remains problematic”, Pavol Szalai, RSF Head of EU/Balkans Desk, …
Almost €622 million in loans from the Recovery Fund received by Greece so far has ended up in the hands of a few large companies while SMEs are struggling to get money from the banks, a press report in Athens …
The chief of the European People’s Party's 2019 EU election campaign, Dara Murphy, will have a hearing with German authorities in Brussels on Tuesday (25 April) as part of an ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption, a well-informed source in Berlin told EURACTIV.
The Spitzenkandidat concept - which gives the winning group in the EU elections a chance to propose their lead candidate as European Commission president - is quietly fading away, with even its initial backers becoming gradually less vocal about the …
Greece’s alternate foreign affairs minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis admitted that the New Democracy government (EPP) granted permission to export the illegal Predator spyware to Sudan, now facing a dramatic civil war.
The political temperature sharply increased in Athens one month before the elections, after the Belgian authorities asked the EU Parliament to lift the immunity of Greek MEP Alexis Georgoulis who faces rape accusations.
Belgian authorities have requested the European Parliament to lift the immunity of Greek MEP Alexis Georgoulis (EU Left) after an EU Commission employee filed a complaint of sexual harassment. The MEP rejected the complaint as a “lie” one month before …
Greece must recover illegal state aid which “gifted” to companies presumably affected by wildfires in 2007 ignoring a decision of both the European Commission and the EU Court of Justice, an EU executive spokesperson told EURACTIV.com.
Greece’s main opposition leftist Syriza party on Sunday asked the government whether it has exported Predator illegal spyware to Sudan, which currently is on the verge of civil war.
The political temperature in Athens rose sharply on Wednesday after former vice president of the Supreme Court Christos Tzanerrikos claimed that a government official made him an “offer” to find a way to ban a neo-Nazi party from running the May elections.
The reasoning behind Kaili’s release raises more questions than answers, according to a document seen by EURACTIV.
The Belgian justice’s decision on Tuesday to release MEP Marc Tarabella with an electronic bracelet has given hope to Greek MEP Eva Kaili that she will have a similar treatment at a hearing on Thursday, EURACTIV was informed. Tarabella, who was
