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Mitsotakis: Greece Is a Country That Punishes Hard Work and Criminalizes Success

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday Greece is a country that punishes hard work and criminalizes success, after a meeting with self-employed professionals and scientists who work in Greece. “I want our youth to live in a Greece...

Mitsotakis: We Will Abolish Paraskevopoulos’ Law for Prisoners

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday he will abolish the so-called “Paraskevopoulos law” which allows criminals who have served part of their sentence to be released from prison, in an attempt to relieve prison overcrowding. “Innocent citizens are...

Poll Shows ND has 13 Point Lead Over SYRIZA

A survey published on the Tvxs website Saturday shows that New Democracy (ND) has some 13 points lead over SYRIZA. The results of the poll conducted by Palmos Analysis shows that 23.9 percent of those who participated in the survey support ND,...

ND Spox: Greece Will Not Return to Normality Even if the Negotiation Concludes

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday in an interview with Skai TV leveled against the government saying that even if the negotiation concludes, the country will not return to normality. Kikillias, who participates in the EPP...

Mitsotakis Uses Facebook Q&A to Present ND’s Proposals for Government

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the main positions his party would follow if it were elected in government during a 90-minute Q&A session with Facebook users on Tuesday. Mitsotakis said his cabinet will be smaller than the current one and managerial positions...

Mitsotakis: Greek Economy Is in a 'Tragic State'

The real economy is in a tragic state and this was confirmed by the revised data on Greek GDP for the fourth quarter of 2016, which showed that the economy shrank more than expected, the leader of New Democracy...

Mitsotakis: 'The Government Cannot Lead the Country Out of the Crisis'

The government is bringing the fourth bailout for Greece by legislating new measures in advance, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with private TV station ANT1 on Wednesday night. “By voting for new measures, it is bringing...

ND's Koumoutsakos Calls For National Council on Foreign Policy to Discuss Turkish Provocations

Main opposition New Democracy's shadow minister for foreign policy George Koumoutsakos on Monday urged the government to convene the National Council on Foreign Policy, while criticizing its reaction to the latest provocations from the Turkish side. "New Democracy had promptly...

ND on Eurogroup Meeting: Greek Government Attempting to 'Fool' Its People

The return of the institutions to Athens is accompanied by additional concessions, painful measures and the government’s negotiating failures, New Democracy said on Monday after the end of the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels. “Once again, the government is attempting to...

Latest MRB Poll: ND Leads SYRIZA by 13 Points

According to the latest poll which Star TV aired on its nightly bulletin, the major opposition party of New Democracy (ND) is leading the current SYRIZA government by 13 percentage points. The poll was conducted as a MRB survey and...