Greek Election
Greece
ND Leader Meimarakis: 'We have a Program and Call on Greeks to Trust Us Again'
We start the battle in order to turn page in the country's history, stated New Democracy leader (ND) Evangelos Meimarakis in his address to the party's parliamentary group on Thursday and called on the Greek citizens to trust ND...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras: I Will Not Cooperate with New Democracy After the Elections
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave his first interview following his resignation and spoke on his seven-month term at the country's helm.
Tsipras resigned last Thursday following more than month of speculation as dissenters within his SYRIZA party kept growing over the adoption of...
Greece
French Newspaper Analyzes Greek PM's Position Within SYRIZA
As Greeks prepare to head to the polls for the third time in nine months, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is the subject of an article in the Wednesday edition of French newspaper Liberation.
In his profile of Tsipras, journalist Jean Quatremer...
Greece
New Poll Shows SYRIZA Leading New Democracy by 2%
According to an opinion poll conducted for Greece's Vergina TV, New Democracy's popularity is currently significantly closer to that of SYRIZA than it was in January 2015.
SYRIZA received 24% of the respondents' vote while New Democracy got 22%. In the January 2015 elections,...
Greece
The End of SYRIZA As We Know It
There is a 1962 Cold War film called "The Manchurian Candidate" in which a former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin.
The Alexis Tsipras who came back from Brussels on July 13 after signing Greece's third,...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras: SYRIZA's Election Goal Is a Clear Four-Year Mandate
SYRIZA's election goal is a clear four-year mandate, Greek Prime Minister and party leader Alexis Tsipras said, according to sources, at the political secretariat's meeting on Monday.
Tsipras ruled out the possibility of post-election cooperation with the systemic forces of...
Economy
Moody's: Greek PM Tsipras' Resignation 'Credit Positive'
"Last Thursday, Greece's (Caa3 review for downgrade) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stepped down as head of government and called for snap elections.
The Prime Minister’s resignation is credit positive for the sovereign because it offers the possibility of a new, more...
Greece
SYRIZA Central Committee Secretary General Resigns
SYRIZA Central Committee Secretary General Tassos Koronakis submitted his resignation on Monday.
Koronakis resigned during the meeting of the SYRIZA Political Secretariat. He stated that he will remain a party member and will continue to serve.
According to sources, Koronakis will...
Greece
Greek State Minister Rules Out Post-Election Coalition with Opposition Parties
There will be no cooperation after the elections between SYRIZA and New Democracy, "To Potami" or PASOK, Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas said in an interview to "Ethnos" newspaper on Sunday.
"If this possibility existed, there would be no need...
Greece
Eurogroup Chair Dijsselbloem Supports Greek PM's Decision for Elections
“I hope that they are as quick as possible so that the least possible amount of time is wasted,” stated Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselboem.
“I think the intention of Prime Minister Tsipras is to get a more stable government,” he...