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Political parties’ loans (mainly Pasok and New Democracy) are the next objective of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government, after the targeting of former prime minister Costas Simitis.

The criminalisation of political life will not cease., as all means will be marshaled in what the government views as a battle to the bitter end, and without rules.   

As is its wont, the government is handling the amendment process as a communications and political diversionary tactic, which aims to cause problems for the opposition.

It appears that Tsipras' political reversals – or kolotoumba as the international press called it, borrowing the original Greek) are the basic characteristics of the SYRIZA leader’s political path.

The outline of the over 7,000-word proposal was presented by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in an address to his parliamentary group on 30 October, and the main issue that was left open was the provision for the election of the President of the Republic by Parliament, in as many as six consecutive votes over a six-month period,

Not only did the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government break its promises, but it also marshaled all judicial means at its disposal to block the return of the holiday bonuses (worth two monthly salaries annually).

The slogan “hope is coming”, with which SYRIZA won two elections, was undermined in practice, and was lost during the adventures of the government’s four years in power.

To recall Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s famed novel The Leopard, the government is declaring that it will change the Constitution, so as not to change anything.

By serving the populist and anti-political slogan “Everyone is on the take”, the PM is erring on many levels, because when you cultivate disdain for the entire political system, it is certain that such a generalisation will one day knock on your own door.

After the government's political mockery of voters, there was not a single apology to the people who lost their homes, and whom the government described as wealthy parasites of society to boot.

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,

It is impossible for a society that is economically pressured and a market that is bedeviled by over-taxation to lead the economy to a growth path. Without growth, it is impossible to create new jobs. In other words, the numbers prosper, even though the unemployment queues are endless.

The various institutions linked to the independent judiciary, which has been turned into a tool by ministers and MPs, usually tolerate and remain silent about the provocations to which they are subjected.

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.

«Εως το τέλος του έτους θα γίνει η νομοθέτηση των αλλαγών που ανακοινώσαμε στη ΔΕΘ», είπε, μεταξύ άλλων, ο Πρωθυπουργός Αλέξης Τσίπρας κατά τη διάρκεια της ομιλίας του, η οποία ανοίγει τις εργασίες της ΚΕ του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ

The country is being transformed into an aircraft carrier by those who had politically invested in anti-Americanism, depicted themselves as heralds of national independence, and described their political opponents as “Quislings” and “German collaborators”.

Can the country emit a message of stability to markets when the political class, in contrast to the citizenry, appears to have learned nothing from the errors of the past and the eight-year crisis?

The vileness of the defence minister’s actions against freedom of the press may dominate public debate, but at the same time there is an ongoing undeclared war within the ruling SYRIZA party. A series of guided articles, written by well-known mouthpieces of the government, have been critical of ministers – especially those whose portfolio is […]

Panos Kammenos is on edge because his party literally disintegrated, both in the polls and on the level of cadres.

You feed the public with an alleged “clean hands” approach, even as you are setting up new vested interests.

For citizens, the end of the period of bailout memorandums does not translate into an improvement in the economy or in their personal economic situation.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with his speech and press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair, was speaking mainly to what is considered the middle class

By the end of 2019, according to press reports, 5,000 primary residences of debtors worth 150,000 euros or less will be auctioned off

The Regional Prefectural Division of Lesvos leaves no room for doubt - the Moria migrant camp is unsuitable in terms of public health and the environment