Panos Kammenos

The era of warm embraces between PM Alexis Tsipras and Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos appears to have passed, despite their mutual passion for power.

Either the government will secure the requisite majority to continue its work or it will go to the polls as soon as possible.

The government must examine all the parameters before it sacrifices everything in order to remain in power as a minority government.

The PM clearly views its prospective ratification as a major accomplishment of his government.

A key qustion is whether Apostolakis indeed has information from intelligence services about the prospect of a Turkish landing and takeover of a Greek rock islet.

With its customary opportunism, the government has managed to transform the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement into a domestic problem that has divided society and the government itself.

In Larissa, Kammenos said that he will pull out of the government if the Parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia finalises the constitutional amendments required by the Prespa accord on 15 January.

When Mr. Tsipras cannot persuade his coalition partner to stop shrieking and making nationalist pronouncements, he cannot demand unconditional opposition support.

Kammenos had been convicted twice regarding the CDS profits charges, once in 2013 in a lawsuit filed by ex-PM George Papandreou’s brother Antrikos, and the other in 2014 in a lawsuit filed by IJ Partners.

Although George Soros gained a reputation as a ruthless speculator, he has placed his riskiest bets in politics and not the markets.

The ex-finance minister lambasted the defence minister, describing him as an extreme-right populist, and comparing him to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.

'He [Kammenos] spoke of secret funds. He also said that Soros is funding the government to buy off foreigners [to pass the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement],' former foreign minister Kotzias said in a bombshell interview.

Allegations that the US spent two million dollars to secure votes in FYROM’s parliament to back the Prespa Agreement must be answered by the US Ambassador

The leader of Plefsi Eleftherias says that Kotzias’ resignation exposes a government that conducts foreign policy in a dangerous, incoherent manner that harms Greece

The episodic 16 October cabinet meeting highlighted not only divergent strategies, but also the concealed discord and clashes that are unbefitting a coalition that determines the fate of the country.

Kotzias said a mudslinging campaign has been unleashed against  him and against the responsibility of a politician to resign when he disagrees.

It is not just the foreign ministry that manages secret funds. The defence ministry disburses comparable amounts, as do Greek Police, the Macedonia-Thrace ministry, and others.

Kammenos yesterday that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was aware of his views on a Plan B for FYROM and US bases, but disagreed. Still, he expressed them in a formal meeting with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, leaving the impression that he is carving out his own foreign policy,

The voices in SYRIZA against the party’s junior coalition partner are hypocritical. They knew very well not just who they were governing with, but also with whom they embraced on election night and during the vote of confidence in parliament.

The ideological and political differences between SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks were highlighted in their conflicting views on church-state relations, the law on same-sex partnerships, and a host of other social issues.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras outlined his arguments about the regional benefits of the FYROM naming accord (Prespa Agreement), discussed Greece’s relations with the US and Russia, and ruled out early elections, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal “I will not play games. The agreement will be ratified in the Greek parliament just after […]

It is his government, in other words the PM himself, who reached the point of seeking to jail journalists