New Democracy

The latest study conducted by Public Issue and published in the Efimerida ton Syntankton newspaper regarding political developments and preferences...

The publication of an autobiographical book written by one of November 17’s leaders, Dimitris Koufontinas, has triggered a new clash between New Democracy and ...

The leader of DIMAR Fotis Kouvelis appeared on SKAI TV and ruled out the possibility of his party cooperating with either New Democracy or PASOK in upcoming elections. Mr. Kouvelis was critical of PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos “who claimed he would do what DIMAR said and a few days later he would retreat” and accused […]

The change of New Democracy’s internal regulations so that MPs considering running for a spot in European Parliament must first give up their seat in Greek parliament, is something that the Prime Minister and party president Antonis Samaras must take into consideration. A senior ND officer stressed that Samaras “is not obliged to anyone”, meaning […]

Although New Democracy’s official party line for the upcoming local government elections is to not officially nominate any candidates, the party’s leadership is carefully considering which perspective mayors and regional governors to support. This decision however was not without controversy, as some New Democracy executives have rebel against the party line and run against the […]

The Minister of Interior Yannis Michelakis appeared at a New Democracy event in Larissa, where he refuted rumors suggesting that there will be triple elections in 2014 and insisted that “national elections will take place in 2016”. Outside of the building where the New Democracy event was being held groups of suspended school wardens and […]

A “civil war” is about to break out amongst New Democracy voters, as Nikos Kaklamanis and Aris Spiliotopoulos are going to run against each other in the upcoming municipal elections. Prime Minister Samaras met with both candidates over the past few days to discuss their intentions, but avoided giving a definite answer as to who […]

According to a study conducted by Public Issue in early February, opposition party SYRIZA is ahead of New Democracy in the polls, despite having suffered a minor drop compared to the divs in January. The polls were published in the Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper and shows SYRIZA in first place with a 30% share (compared […]

According to a report by Ta Nea three New Democracy MPs transferred large sums of undeclared money, over a million euros each, to overseas bank accounts in the midst of the financial crisis. These rumors have caused turmoil in the coalition government party, with many senior-ranking party members urging the leadership to take drastic measures […]

After much speculation and uncertainty regarding New Democracy’s candidates in the upcoming elections, MP Yannis Ioannidis has formally announced in a written statement that he will run for the position of Regional Governor in Central Macedonia. In his written statement, the former basketball coach-turned-politician explained that his intention is to bring about an improvement in […]

With the local government elections approaching, the coalition government party New Democracy has yet to finalize its nominations for a number of important positions, particularly in Athens, Thessaloniki and Central Macedonia. The selection of candidates is not an easy task, with the ruling party having to make some tough decisions that could potentially have a […]

The selection of suitable candidates in the upcoming critical local government elections is turning out to be harder than previously thought for New Democracy. While the ruling party has been able to find candidates for most areas, it has yet to decide upon candidates for Athens and Thessaloniki. Despite the initial optimism regarding the elections, […]

The “Patriotic Union” is the name of the new right-wing political party of Byron Polydoras and Christos Zois, which will formally be announced at noon on Thursday at the offices of the journalist federation ESIEA. The two men began discussions for a new political party after Byron Polydoras was recently expelled from New Democracy. The […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras appeared at New Democracy’s Parliamentary Group meeting, where he announced that the primary surplus will return to the Greek people and took the opportunity to attack the opposition. Mr. Samaras explained that “the primary surplus came about a year earlier. We were ridiculed when we spoke of it in early […]

A New Democracy poster circulating on social networks regarding the return of bribe money to the Greek state has been heavily criticized by Samaras’ coalition government partners PASOK. The poster boldly claims that “By order of the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras 17,700,000 euros from bribes are returning to the Greek people”. PASOK’s communication’s officer Dimitris […]

The “Initiative of 58” organized an event yesterday in Kifisia, where a discussion regarding the upcoming elections of the European Parliament and the role of a greater center-left alliance took place. Amongst the 300 present in the event hall were Pantelis Kapsis, Andreas Papadopoulos, Grigoris Psarianos, Petros Tatsopoulos and Apostolos Doxiadis. Professor Christos Rozakis, one […]

The escape of 17 November’s Christodoulos Xiros and his intention to return to active guerilla warfare has triggered the latest confrontation in Parliament between New Democracy and SYRIZA. SYRIZA MP Manolis Glezos argued that Xiros’ escape was “solely in the interest of the system, which set him free” and asserted that it was intended to […]