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PM Tsipras Meets Party Leaders to Discuss Changes to Constitution, Election Law

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a round of meetings with opposition party leaders on Thursday to hear their views. Amid the meetings, he wrote on Twitter: "We are striving for changes to the election law and Constitution that are...

Greek PM Tsipras Satisfied with Meeting Over Refugees, Opposition Leaders Differ

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told associates that he is satisfied with the outcome of the meeting between political leaders on the refugee crisis, but the opposition leaders seem to differ in opinion. Several negative statements from the opposition side...

Meeting of Greek Political Leaders Ends With a Convergence of Sorts Over Ways to Tackle Migration Crisis

The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos chaired a special meeting today with the leaders of the Greek political leaders at the presidential mansion. The meeting was held upon the request of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who wished...

Pasok Leader Meets President of Hellenic Republic to Discuss Migrant Crisis

The President of the Hellenic Republic received today the president of PASOK and head of the Democratic Alignment Fofi Gennimata. The aim of the meeting, made upon the request of Fofi Gennimata, was to discuss the migration crisis and its...

Greek PM in Search of New Political Alliances

With the review process of the new bailout program under way and Greece’s creditors pushing for more austerity and a deeper adjustment into the nation’s pension system than the one proposed by the Tsipras government, the Greek Prime Minister...

Greek Political Party Leaders Respond to Greek Election Results

  SYRIZA emerged as the victorious political party in the Greek elections on Sunday night with 35.5% of the Greek vote and Greece's political party leaders reacted to the result. New Democracy President Evangelos Meimarakis congratulated SYRIZA for their victory during Sunday. The centre-right...

PASOK and DIMAR Cooperation in Greek Elections

PASOK and Democratic Left (DIMAR) announced that they will cooperate in the Greek elections under the name Democratic Coalition at a joint press conference of Fofi Gennimata (PASOK) and Thanassis Theoharopoulos (DIMAR) on Sunday. As they announced, the parties will keep their...

Greek Political Parties React to Snap Elections

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' resignation and subsequent proclamation of snap elections in Greece on Thursday evening, prompted the reaction of the Greek political parties, even before the prime minister's official statement. ANEL Prior to Tsipras' proclamation, the Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, Tsipras'...

Greek PM Tsipras Reveals He Had Knowledge of Varoufakis' Plan B

Yanis Varoufakis was not acting behind his commander's back. Speaking in parliament on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unequivocally admitted that he knew of the former Finance Minister's now infamous Plan B. "Of course, Ms. Gennimata. Obviously, I had personally given the...

Greek Opposition Leaders Warn Tsipras

The common front that was created during Monday’s political leaders’ summit has been followed by criticism towards Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his opposition and has become a source of frustration with the prime minister for Greece’s political leaders After Tuesday’s...