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Greece is on “election mode” this summer, says main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
The country is already in election mode and there will be no time for New Democracy to kick back and take a summer break, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday in his address to ND’s Political Committee.
Amendment set to split Athens B, Attica electoral constituencies tabled in Parliament
An amendment on the segmentation of the Athens B and of the region of Attica voting constituencies was included in Interior Ministry’s draft law on local administration that was tabled on Friday in Parliament.
Fair growth will follow Greece’s exit from the bailout, assures minister Alekos Flambouraris
Greece’s exit from the bailout in August “will create the basis for fair growth, further boosting investor confidence,” said Minister of State Alekos Flambouraris in an interview to Sunday’s Kontranews newspaper.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras message from Thessaloniki “Next elections in October 2019”
“The current negotiation on the FYROM name issue is critical,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after a meeting with Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, adding that “the government is trying to take something back and not make concessions as previous governments have done.”
New Democracy opposition responds to Alexis Tsipras: “Proclaim national elections now”
The government should call national elections, main opposition New Democracy reiterated on Thursday.
Nikos Pappas: “The choice between SYRIZA and ND is between stability and recession”
There is a huge gap separating SYRIZA’s strategies from those of main opposition New Democracy, which wants to bring back the policies it had implemented in 2014, Digital Policy and Media Minister Nikos Pappas said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Sunday.
The government is working towards the direction of exiting the program, Tzanakopoulos says
“The government is working towards the direction of exiting the program, ahead of the elections in 2019, as the prime minister has said several times,” government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Sunday in an interview with Athina 9.84 radio station.
Government spokesman: PM was crystal clear, elections will be held in 2019
General elections will be held in 2019, State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos reiterated in an interview to Real FM radio, noting that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was crystal clear on the date of the elections.
Mitsotakis: Prospect of elections frightens only the prime minister Tsipras
Nobody apart from the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, was particularly worried by the prospect of an election in Greece, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday.
Mitsotakis: Between ecumenical gov’t and early elections I prefer latter
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his concern over NATO’s involvement in patrols in the eastern Aegean aimed at cracking down on migrant smuggling, speaking during a television interview Monday evening.