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“No coalition with SYRIZA after the elections”, states opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused the government on Sunday of having signed a fourth bailout with creditors and ruled out teaming up with Syriza or Independent Greeks after the next national elections.
“SYRIZA hands out benefits of shame, New Democracy will bring quality jobs”, Kikilias says
“SYRIZA and normality have not, do not and will not co-exist,” stated New Democracy (ND) shadow defence minister Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday, in a comment on the speech given by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in parliament the previous day.
PM Tsipras: We are working for a solution that will not collapse in a few months
Greece’s role in FYROM and Albania’s EU accession proceedings is determinant, stated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday in his address to the SYRIZA central committee.
Parliament passes draft bill on asylum in principle
Parliament parties passed in principle the draft bill on asylum granted to migrants and refugees, following a lengthy debate of 12 hours, on Tuesday night.
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.
Any dialogue with MFC must be preceded by ‘plain talk’, says Tzanakopoulos
The start of any sort of dialogue with the new Movement for Change (MFC) party would first have to start with some “plain talk on its side,” government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Sunday.
Movement for Change seeks to defend democratic normalcy, Athens Mayor Kaminis says
A few days before the founding conference of the Movement for Change and ahead of the Political Council’s meeting on Monday, the Mayor of Athens George Kaminis, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA), commented on the latest political developments and harshly criticised the SYRIZA-ANEL government and specifically Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Tsipras in Parliament: Greece’s and Cyprus’s sovereign rights are non-negotiable
Greece’s sovereign rights at the Aegean are non-negotiable, as are the Cyprus’s rights in the eastern Mediterranean and its EEZ, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Parliament on Thursday.
Parliament rejects ND proposal for inquiry into three government ministers
The Greek parliament rejected on Thursday night a proposal by New Democracy to set up a special parliamentary committee to investigate a possible breach of trust by three SYRIZA ministers in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Novartis case, after it failed to secure the required majority.
Dimitris Tzanakopoulos characterised the Novartis case prime example of a political scandal
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos characterised the Novartis case prime example of a political scandal in an interview with the Sunday newspaper Nea Selida.