20.03.2023
Editorial: Polakisism
Tsipras’ flirt with centrist voters lasted only a few days, as did the rebuke of the Chania, Crete, MP, who immediately unleashed new threats in the social media.
Pavlos Polakis
12.11.2020
Editorial: Political cover
Tsipras may have verbally expressed annoyance but in fact he continues to offer political cover to the phenomenon of Polakism .
19.04.2019
Editorial: Cowardice
It is a dishonour for any politician to invoke a law that protects ministers from prosecution by requiring that Parliament lift his or her parliamentary immunity.
22.02.2019
Editorial: Catastrophes
When Greece had 39 deaths from the flu Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis appeared on TV and said 'This is not a catastrophe.'
21.02.2019
Editorial: Upping the ante
At a cabinet meeting yesterday, the PM unleashed yet another attack on the country’s central banker, describing him as an “over-valued technocrat”.
31.01.2019
Editorial: Shock
It is not merely political culture that mandates that a politician should not use unbecoming language or unleash threats.
02.01.2019
Alternate Health Minister engages in judicial meddling, again
Polakis latest Facebook post has been roundly criticised by opposition parties for trampling on the separation of powers and for essentially doing the dirty work on behalf of the PM.
15.11.2018
Editorial: Without rules
The government has polarised the political system. It has attempted to divide society. It has manufactured enemies. It has sent messages of intolerance.
21.10.2018
Zoe Konstantopoulou: Mr. Tsipras is destroying the country
The leader of Plefsi Eleftherias says that Kotzias’ resignation reveals a government that conducts foreign policy in a dangerous, incoherent manner that harms Greece
