SYRIZA
There are no heroic exoduses only struggle to the end, says vice president Dragasakis
SYRIZA’s aim is to operate as the backbone of the new social and political alliance that will get the country out of the crisis and of the memorandum, said government vice president Yiannis Dragasakis in an interview with Realnews Sunday newspaper.
For Greek TV media, critical ‘point of no return’ required
By Christos Gavalas Last week’s ruling by Greece’s highest court that the government’s media law is unconstitutional has sparked a new round of dispute between parties provoking at the same time possibly more uncertainties then the ones it aspired to clear up.
Tsipras: Greece deserves to be included in ECB’s quantitative easing program
Greece deserves to be included in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) quantitative easing program as soon as possible, which is why the country’s debt must be discussed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday, during his speech at a meeting of SYRIZA’s central Committee.
KKE leader Koutsoumbas: SYRIZA was chosen to complete the dirty business
“SYRIZA has been chosen to complete the dirty business with the third memorandum because it can do the job better than New Democracy (ND) at this phase” claimed Communist Party (KKE) secretary general Dimitris Koutsoumbas in an interview with the Sunday newspaper RealNews.
Tsipras: ‘It is time to plan the Leftist governance strategy’
Addressing SYRIZA’s Political Secretariat on Tuesday, Prime Minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras proposed that party’s Central Committee be convened in the near future in order to set a date for SYRIZA’s 2nd Congress at the end of September, party sources said.
ECB’s Draghi: IMF’s participation in the Greek program is ‘highly desirable’
The participation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Greece’s economic program is “highly desirable” as the organization has the expertise to assist in aid programs, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi told SYRIZA MEP Stelios Kouloglou in a letter dated February 17.
Dragasakis: ‘We are not looking for an escape route’
“We are not looking for either an escape route or a heroic exit,” government Vice-president Yiannis Dragasakis said on Sunday in an interview with the municipal radio station ‘Athina 9.84’. He pointed out that the government had an absolute majority in Parliament, a recent popular mandate, a policy that moved within that mandate and that […]
Tsipras launches off-the-agenda debate on pension reforms in Parliament
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday began an off-the-agenda debate in Parliament on the government’s proposed pension reforms, noting that all the political parties were obliged to adopt a position on an issue of such gravity as the viability of the country’s pension system.
ND leader says the government is punishing those who work
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis criticized the government for crushing the self-employed those who have just entered the workforce and the pensioners with its policies, after a meeting with the president of the Athens Bar Association Vasilis Alexandris on Friday.
Government is not considering conscription for women, says SYRIZA spokesman
The government is not considering imposing an obligatory military service as preparatory experience for women who want to join the police, the fire brigade or the coast guard, SYRIZA spokesman Sokratis Famellos told private radio station To Vima on Monday.