SYRIZA ministers and cadres may have studied abroad and sent their children to private schools, but the establishment of non-state universities remains taboo.
The focus of the dispute was the proposed change of the procedure for electing the President of the Republic in Parliament.
Greece will hold European Parliament as well as local and prefectural elections in May, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is keeping his cards close to the vest regarding the timing of the general election
Mitsotakis stressed that despite the great fiscal adjustment in Greece, the productive model was not sufficiently changed.
Mr. Mitsotakis’ interlocutors speak of a sweeping plan of foreign investment that can be supported by a long list of privatisations and by measures to swiftly free up large investments
Tsipras hastened to reverse the government’s plan following charges from the opposition and the press that he was being blackmailed
With 145 MPs in the 300-seat legislature ruling SYRIZA will from now on depend on ad hoc majorities with six extra independent MPs.
Greece's main opposition leader drops innuendo about possible improper ties between PM Alexis Tsipras and the Venezuelan leader.
'I did not hesitate to disagree even openly with our large European partners, including Angela Merkel,' Mitsotakis told Parliament
'We believe that in light of recent developments efforts in this respect [North Macedonia's EU course] should be strengthened,' said a Commission spokesperson.
'This ratification means official recognition of a Macedonian language and identity of the residents of Skopje [sic] for the first time by a Greek government.'
'An international agreement cannot recognise ethnicity but only nationality. States recognise states,' Tsipras declared.
'We do not permit the neo-Nazis and murderers of Pavlos Fyssas [a Greek antifascist rapper] to defend the Constitution. I am ashamed that traitors of the nation are speaking about the Constitution and democracy,' ex-justice minister Stavros Kontonis said.
Some observers still do not rule out the prospect of main opposition New Democracy tabling a no confidence motion against the government.
That return to the markets is viewed as a pre-electoral move designed to bolster the government’s image, but it is not an essential return with sustainable viable interest rates.
“We shall do everything in our power to improve the agreement since the ragtag [governing] majority has decided to bring it to a vote and we cannot overturn it,” one ND source said.
As it did in 2015, the government is fueling populism, opportunistic demagoguery, and the collapse of all ethical and ideological limits.
Main opposition New Democracy has called the government to task for not being able to maintain order at yesterday’s major rally against the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement. In a statement issued today ND poses a series of questions about the political and operational decisions that permitted a large and peaceful rally to spin out of control. […]
The PM sought to be recognised as the sole opponent of New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, by exploiting an issue of national import that has divided Greek society for nearly three decades.
The longer this situation that degrades parliamentary institutions and democracy persists, the greater the impediments to the country’s efforts to finally exit the tunnel of uncertainty.