Greece election: Alexis Tsipras on brink of return to power - to implement the austerity he fought so hard against
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece election: Alexis Tsipras on brink of return to power - to implement the austerity he fought so hard against

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A former Syriza official said, “Tsipras had to keep a balance between keeping Greece in the euro and holding the party together.” His solution: calling a referendum to throw the burden of choice onto the Greek people as a whole. “People have realised that the country’s options are very limited.” In the weeks since then, Mr Tsipras has recovered some of his former bounce. “Fear that he will be the prime minister who leads Greece out of the euro, fear his party will split, and also fear that he is betraying the ideology he has fought for and believed in since he was a child.” Profiles: Tsipras’ main rivals for power 1. Panagiotis Lafazanis Leader of the breakaway Popular Unity party, veteran radical leftist whose breach with Tsipras over terms of the new bailout provoked the split in Tsipras’s party, Syriza, which brought down the government.

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Greece elects conservative Tassoulas as president despite protests
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Greece elects conservative Tassoulas as president despite protests

Al Jazeera  

Constantine Tassoulas’s candidacy had led to anger among demonstrators decrying Greece’s worst rail disaster. Greece’s parliament has elected the conservative government’s nominee, Constantine Tassoulas, as the country’s president, despite protester anger as justice is sought for a deadly 2023 train crash. Tassoulas, a key ally of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won the backing of 160 lawmakers in Wednesday’s vote in …

Greek opposition leader is ousted by his Syriza party
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Greek opposition leader is ousted by his Syriza party

The Independent  

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Greece’s prime minister tweaks his government to focus on cost of living and labor
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Greece’s prime minister tweaks his government to focus on cost of living and labor

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweaked his Cabinet on Friday with a focus on cost-of-living and labor policies after his center-right party’s victory in Europe’s parliamentary elections. Despite a recent dip in inflation, polls consistently show most Greeks’ top concern is the cost of living since the pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine contributed to rising prices …

Greece’s left-wing opposition party slips into crisis as lawmakers quit in defiance of new leader
1 year, 4 months ago

Greece’s left-wing opposition party slips into crisis as lawmakers quit in defiance of new leader

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, suffered a damaging setback Thursday when nine lawmakers quit the party in protest against its newly elected leadership. Syriza has since dropped to third place behind Socialist opponents in opinion polls, boosting the dominance of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative government. Under the charismatic former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, Syriza’s was …

Mitsotakis back as Greek premier after election landslide
1 year, 9 months ago

Mitsotakis back as Greek premier after election landslide

The Hindu  

Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis embarked on June 26 on his second term as Greece's Prime Minister with a vow to accelerate institutional and economic reforms, after voters handed him a huge election victory for the second time in five weeks. Crediting Mr. Mitsotakis and his New Democracy party for bringing economic stability to the erstwhile EU debt laggard, voters gave …

Conservative Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister while far-right sees election surge
1 year, 9 months ago

Conservative Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister while far-right sees election surge

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was formally sworn in as Greece’s prime minister Monday after easily winning a second term with a record-high margin but also facing a Parliament that includes lawmakers from more parties, including three small ones on the far right. Held under a new electoral law that boosts the first party, Sunday’s vote gave ND …

Greece: Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins second term as PM despite worst migrant ship disaster
1 year, 9 months ago

Greece: Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins second term as PM despite worst migrant ship disaster

India TV News  

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country’s second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term. “With today’s electoral result, Greece opens a new, historic chapter in its course,” Mitsotakis said in a televised …

Kyriakos Mitsotakis's conservative party clinch landslide Greece election win
1 year, 9 months ago

Kyriakos Mitsotakis's conservative party clinch landslide Greece election win

The Hindu  

Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis won Greece's national elections on Sunday with a clear majority, clinching a second term with what he called a "strong mandate" that would allow his party to govern alone. Mitsotakis's New Democracy party obtained over 40% of the vote, well ahead of the leftist Syriza party led by former premier Alexis Tsipras, which came in under …

Greeks vote in second general election in 5 weeks, with conservative party favoured to win majority
1 year, 9 months ago

Greeks vote in second general election in 5 weeks, with conservative party favoured to win majority

The Hindu  

Greeks were voting on June 25 in the second general election in less than two months, with the conservative party in power for the last four years a strong favourite to win with a wide majority. The 55-year-old conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is eyeing a second four-year term as prime minister after his New Democracy party won by a huge …

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term
1 year, 9 months ago

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country’s second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term. “With today’s electoral result, Greece opens a new, historic chapter in its course,” Mitsotakis said …

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term
1 year, 9 months ago

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term

LA Times  

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country’s second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term. “With today’s electoral result, Greece opens a new, historic chapter in its course,” Mitsotakis said in a televised …

Greek elections a one-horse race after conservatives topple left-wing strongholds
1 year, 9 months ago

Greek elections a one-horse race after conservatives topple left-wing strongholds

The Independent  

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Stung by election defeat, Greek opposition forced to pass on chance to form government
1 year, 10 months ago

Stung by election defeat, Greek opposition forced to pass on chance to form government

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Greece’s opposition leader received — and summarily rejected — an …

Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government
1 year, 10 months ago

Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

The Independent  

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Greece votes today, PM Mitsotakis' conservatives in pole position
1 year, 10 months ago

Greece votes today, PM Mitsotakis' conservatives in pole position

India Today  

Greece holds a general election on Sunday that is seen unlikely to produce a clear winner, with a second vote expected by July if the country's fractious political parties fail to agree to a coalition. While opinion polls have placed the ruling conservative New Democracy party in the lead, a change to the country's electoral system means it is likely …

Greece prepares for elections that may herald a new political era
1 year, 11 months ago

Greece prepares for elections that may herald a new political era

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will fight to keep leading the country, which is reeling from a rail disaster and worries about the economy. The three main parties are: New Democracy is promising to build on tax cuts it delivered in its first term and to achieve 3 percent annual growth, more foreign direct investment and less than 8 percent unemployment …

Greece election: New prime minister faces uphill battle as country grapples with economic crisis, disillusionment and far-right
5 years, 8 months ago

Greece election: New prime minister faces uphill battle as country grapples with economic crisis, disillusionment and far-right

The Independent  

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Greece election results: Landslide for centre-right New Democracy after Syriza concedes defeat
5 years, 8 months ago

Greece election results: Landslide for centre-right New Democracy after Syriza concedes defeat

The Independent  

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Greece election: Prime minister concedes defeat as Conservative New Democracy party set to win absolute majority in parliament
5 years, 8 months ago

Greece election: Prime minister concedes defeat as Conservative New Democracy party set to win absolute majority in parliament

The Independent  

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Greek elections: New Democracy party victory signals end of left-wing populism
5 years, 8 months ago

Greek elections: New Democracy party victory signals end of left-wing populism

CNN  

Athens, Greece CNN — With 75% of the vote counted, the center-right New Democracy party was on track to win the first national elections since Greece exited a bailout regime a year ago, signaling a clean break with years of firebrand populism and a return to mainstream politics. MILOS BICANSKY/GETTY IMAGES EUROPE/GETTY IMAGES Greece’s populism odyssey resulted in bank runs …

Let down by government, Greek voters expected to replace Tsipras with centre-right
5 years, 8 months ago

Let down by government, Greek voters expected to replace Tsipras with centre-right

The Independent  

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Greek election front-runner keeps campaign unusually low-key
5 years, 8 months ago

Greek election front-runner keeps campaign unusually low-key

Associated Press  

LAVRIO, Greece — On an exhaustive tour of Greece’s blue collar towns and city suburbs, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a spring in his step. The 51-year-old Mitsotakis heads to the election with a big lead in opinion polls over left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who has led the country for the past four years as Greece struggled to bring an end …

Greek prime minister wins confidence vote after row over Macedonia name deal; 151 of 299 MPs support Alexis Tsipras govt
6 years, 2 months ago

Greek prime minister wins confidence vote after row over Macedonia name deal; 151 of 299 MPs support Alexis Tsipras govt

Firstpost  

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday survived a confidence vote after a row over a landmark name deal with Macedonia sunk his four-year coalition. A total of 151 lawmakers supported Tsipras’ government of the 299 present, including several independent MPs, the official count showed. Athens: Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday survived a confidence vote after a row …

Greek PM survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia name as foreign ministers sign accord
6 years, 9 months ago

Greek PM survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia name as foreign ministers sign accord

ABC  

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived a no-confidence motion in Parliament, brought over a deal to end a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Macedonia concerning the latter's name. Key points: Parliamentary vote came as foreign ministers signed an accord to change Macedonia's name Macedonia's president refuses to sign the deal and Greek politicians claim they will block it in parliament Protests …

Greece and economic recovery: Fake news in action
7 years, 6 months ago

Greece and economic recovery: Fake news in action

Al Jazeera  

The Greek ‘economic success’ story advanced by Tsipras et al would have been funny if it wasn’t such a serious matter. Nonetheless, the storyline advanced these days from Athens, courtesy of a pseudo-leftist government that has not only reneged on every one of its promises to the Greek citizens since coming to power, but has ended up reinforcing the neoliberal …

Crisis-plagued Europe sees a new dawn after Greek market return
7 years, 8 months ago

Crisis-plagued Europe sees a new dawn after Greek market return

Live Mint  

Brussels: Five years after the sovereign debt crisis nearly tore the euro area apart, Europe’s biggest problem child appears on the road to recovery as the region continues to tick off boxes underscoring its revival. While there are still uncertainties clouding the euro area’s outlook, Greece’s rebound draws a line under a seven-year crisis, when the fight to preserve the …

Alexis Tsipras sworn in as Greek PM after comfortable victory in polls
9 years, 6 months ago

Alexis Tsipras sworn in as Greek PM after comfortable victory in polls

Firstpost  

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday took his oath of office a day after being re-elected in a snap general election, which he comfortably won. Athens: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday took his oath of office a day after being re-elected in a snap general election. After being brought down by an anti-austerity revolt in his Syriza …

Greece election: Alexis Tsipras wins but needs coalition partner
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece election: Alexis Tsipras wins but needs coalition partner

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Despite a strong campaign by its new leader Vangelis …

Greece’s year of tumult enters new chapter as Alexis Tsipras dominates
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece’s year of tumult enters new chapter as Alexis Tsipras dominates

Live Mint  

Athens: Greek voters had the choice to reject the man who led their country closer than ever to being forced out of Europe’s single currency. While the victory tightens Tsipras’s hold over Greek politics, it also exposes the paradoxes of a country whose economy is a shadow of its former self and where controls remain on bank withdrawals. Hot summer …

Left-wing Syriza party wins Greek snap polls
9 years, 6 months ago

Left-wing Syriza party wins Greek snap polls

Al Jazeera  

Leader Alexis Tsipras says his government and the country face “hard work and struggle”. Greek voters have returned Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister and leader of the left-wing Syriza party, to power with a strong election victory. After the initial results were announced, Alexis Tsipras tweeted: “In front of us lies the long road of struggle and hard work.” …

Greece elections: Whoever wins will gain the poisoned chalice of having to implement the agreed bailout terms
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece elections: Whoever wins will gain the poisoned chalice of having to implement the agreed bailout terms

The Independent  

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Greece election: Syriza outflanked by hard left as lead melts away ahead of vote
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece election: Syriza outflanked by hard left as lead melts away ahead of vote

The Independent  

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An election without aspirations in Greece
9 years, 6 months ago

An election without aspirations in Greece

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of Sunday’s snap vote, both front-runners are vowing to stay in the eurozone – and that means continued austerity. “There was never an alternative,” says Nikos Divis, a pensioner, who believes Germany’s Christian Democrats led a pan-European crusade to eradicate the emergence of the left in southern Europe. “The debt ends up shaping the entire economic policy of Greece, …

Greece election: Party leaders trade blows as nation prepares to go to the polls for third time in a year
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece election: Party leaders trade blows as nation prepares to go to the polls for third time in a year

The Independent  

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Greek election campaign starts with Alexis Tsipras in narrow lead
9 years, 7 months ago

Greek election campaign starts with Alexis Tsipras in narrow lead

Live Mint  

Athens: Greece’s election campaign formally began with polls showing Alexis Tsipras’s lead over opposition parties may not be large enough for the former prime minister to avoid thorny coalition negotiations. Tsipras’s Syriza party would get 24.6% of the vote if elections were held now, with a 1.8 percentage-point lead over main opposition party New Democracy, according to an MRB survey …

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras resigns, calls for elections in September
9 years, 7 months ago

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras resigns, calls for elections in September

Firstpost  

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has proposed calling an early election in the crisis-hit country on 20 September, the ANA news agency said on Thursday. Athens: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has proposed calling an early election in the crisis-hit country on 20 September, the ANA news agency said on Thursday, citing government sources. Tsipras has been under mounting pressure …

Greek PM resigns and calls for snap polls
9 years, 7 months ago

Greek PM resigns and calls for snap polls

Al Jazeera  

Following Alexis Tsipras’ address to the nation, government sources say snap poll likely to be held on September 20. Opinion: Greek austerity is dead, long live austerity Panos Skourletis, energy and environment minister, said there were two reasons for snap polls, which come just seven months after the government came to power. Policy U-turn Tsipras and his coalition government made …

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras set to resign, elections set for Sept 20
9 years, 7 months ago

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras set to resign, elections set for Sept 20

India TV News  

Athens, Greece: Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will call early elections for next month, government officials said Thursday, as he tackles a rebellion by hardliners within his governing left-wing party who oppose the terms of the country's new bailout. Tsipras was to make an announcement Thursday night, another government official said, while he was expected to also visit the country's …

Greek Prime Minster Tsipras Steps Down, Calls Snap Election for September
9 years, 7 months ago

Greek Prime Minster Tsipras Steps Down, Calls Snap Election for September

Slate  

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced today that he is stepping down and calling elections for Sept. 20 in an attempt to reconsolidate power as he faces a rebellion within his left-wing Syriza party. Tsipras was elected seven months ago, pledging to resist European-imposed austerity measures, but has surprised many by agreeing to a new $94 billion bailout deal in …

Passage of Bailout Might Be Last Thing Tsipras Accomplishes as Greek PM
9 years, 7 months ago

Passage of Bailout Might Be Last Thing Tsipras Accomplishes as Greek PM

Slate  

The Greek parliament came out of a marathon session Friday morning having approved a final bill to accept the terms offered by the country’s European creditors in exchange for an 85 billion-euro bailout. The drama in Greece, meanwhile, could be about to enter a new phase: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, facing erosion of support among members of parliament from his …

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Faces Party Revolt Over Bailout Deal
9 years, 8 months ago

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Faces Party Revolt Over Bailout Deal

The Quint  

Greece’s leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces a showdown with rebels in his own party on Tuesday who are furious at his capitulation to German demands for one of the most sweeping austerity packages ever demanded of a euro zone government. Just hours after a deal that saw Greece surrender much of its sovereignty to outside supervision – in return …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Greece's defeat and a lesson for Britain
9 years, 8 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Greece's defeat and a lesson for Britain

Daily Mail  

For bankers and Europe's elite, it was a day of immense relief. With a German gun at his head, Alexis Tsipras has accepted austerity measures he was elected to oppose What is certain is that, for weeks, we've seen the built-in flaws in the single currency at their most stark, throttling hopes of growth and tearing apart the peoples it …

The untold story of the Greece coup: Another democratically elected leader tossed overboard for not submitting to economic orthodoxy
9 years, 8 months ago

The untold story of the Greece coup: Another democratically elected leader tossed overboard for not submitting to economic orthodoxy

Salon  

A scant week ago it looked as if Greeks were about to teach all of us something of great value. With their “no to austerity” referendum two Sundays back, they would show us what it was like to rise to an occasion—the occasion being the defense of democracy against unaccountable power. As readers will know, Tsipras was more or less …

Greece given 72 hours to win trust by passing bailout laws
9 years, 8 months ago

Greece given 72 hours to win trust by passing bailout laws

Live Mint  

Brussels: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was given three days to push new austerity measures through parliament and keep alive Greece’s chances of staying in the euro. The leaders’ summit began with presentations on the state of play from officials including Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the finance ministers’ leader, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and Tsipras himself, according to an EU official. …

Greek austerity is dead, long live austerity
9 years, 8 months ago

Greek austerity is dead, long live austerity

Al Jazeera  

Greek politicians have a long history of saying one thing and doing something else. “The old austerity programme is dead,” boldly announced newly elected Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras in an exclusive interview with Germany’s Stern magazine back in February. Indeed, fresh off his electoral triumph, Tsipras did not stop there and said, with equal bravado, that “we don’t need …

Wary Eurozone meets on Greece bailout
9 years, 8 months ago

Wary Eurozone meets on Greece bailout

The Hindu  

Sceptical Eurozone Finance Ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he wants them to open negotiations on a third bailout for his bankrupt country to keep it in the euro. Ministers lined up to vent their anger at Mr. Tsipras on arrival at their umpteenth emergency weekend meeting on …

Dissent from rebels, but Greece PM gets parliament mandate for seeking fresh credit line
9 years, 8 months ago

Dissent from rebels, but Greece PM gets parliament mandate for seeking fresh credit line

Firstpost  

The measures received nitial green light from European Union and International Monetary Fund before a crucial meeting of the 19 euro zone finance ministers in Brussels Athens: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won backing from lawmakers on Saturday for painful reform proposals aimed at obtaining a new international bailout, but he faced a rebellion in his own party that could …

Greece gets until Sunday for proposals to stave off collapse-IndiaTV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Greece gets until Sunday for proposals to stave off collapse-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Brussels: Frustrated and angered eurozone leaders gave Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a last-minute chance Tuesday to finally come up with a viable proposal on how to save his country from financial ruin. I'm also somber about the question of whether Greece really wants to come up with proposals, with a solution," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. A Greek …

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras thanks finance minister who quit- India TV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras thanks finance minister who quit- India TV News

India TV News  

Athens: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanked Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Monday for his "ceaseless efforts" to defend the interests of Greece in negotiations with creditors, according to government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis. Sakellaridis said the government would announce a new finance minister following a meeting between Tsipras and Greek political party leaders at the presidential palace, with the exception …

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