26.02.2019
Editorial: Indulgence
Do the bridge-builders really believe that SYRIZA has rid itself of the odd alliance with its erstwhile partner, Panos Kammenos’ Independent Greeks party?
Independent Greeks
11.02.2019
Editorial: Romances
SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks party experienced their joint rule as a romance. Now, we are witnessing a rupture the characteristics of which transcend politics.
04.02.2019
‘I am not being blackmailed’ PM Alexis Tsipras declares
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared that not even one iota of parliamentary rules should be changed.
01.02.2019
SYRIZA wants parliamentary rule change to benefit Kammenos
According to Greek Parliamentary rules, for a political party to be recognised as a parliamentary group it must have five MPs elected on its ticket.
17.01.2019
Tsipras wins confidence vote, Prespa Accord ratification now
In his speech, Potami MP Yorgos Amyras in parliament declared “You will find the single vote needed in tonight’s confidence vote, but you willl not find 151 votes [to ratify] the Prespa Agreement.”
14.01.2019
Embattled Kammenos struggles for political survival
Independent Greeks MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, and Deputy Agriculture Minister Vasilis Kokkalis will give the government their confidence.
14.01.2019
Editorial: Countdown
The PM engaged in petty partisan bargaining with his former coalition partner in the hope of ensuring his own interests.
13.01.2019
Ruling coalition collapses, Tsipras seeks confidence vote
Kammenos has been replaced as defence minister by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
12.01.2019
Editorial: Opportunism
The climate that the PM and his junior coalition partner have cultivated is a far cry from political stability.
10.01.2019
Parliamentary majority hangs in the balance, snap election possible
At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority
07.01.2019
Editorial: Adventures
The Independent Greeks leader and the rest of the protagonists in the government’s drama forget that governments are elected to rule, not to preoccupy themselves with power plays.
03.01.2019
Editorial: Preconditions
Minority governments can function effectively in countries in which there is a climate of consensus and in which political culture is not betrayed by divisive rhetoric.
02.01.2019
Tsipras, Zaev rally forces to pass Prespa Accord
There are concerns in Greece that MPs who have declared their support may switch at the last moment, so as to ensure their political survival in the general election.
24.12.2018
Editorial: Raising the bar
The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition is rushing to make citizens believe that the country is returning to normalcy and that due to its goodness it is handing out money and hiring pledges right and left.
13.12.2018
Editorial: Adages
Those parties which were condemned by the government as constituting the “old” political system left their old bad habits behind, and the “new regime” copied all those habits in a bid to ensure its political survival.
24.11.2018
Editorial: Mobilisation
On the crucial question, “Which party will bring economic growth?” New Democracy leads ruling SYRIZA by a whopping 30 percentage points.
16.11.2018
Editorial: Caliphs
The aim of the criminalisation of politics is obvious, to perpetuate suspicions about the activity of SYRIZA’s political opponents, and especially those who represent the centre-left.
01.11.2018
Editorial: On the sly
The promised abolition of the bailout memorandum with one article in one law was nothing less than a promise that life would return to pre-crisis levels.
