After Kasselakis split from SYRIZA, New Left and his own party emerged, echoing a long history of splinter parties in Greek politics

Bakogianni fires back at Samaras saying political history is already written and cannot change

New Democracy's strategists have concluded that sharpening the fight with Alexis Tsipras and his new Greek Left Alliance is the surest way to rally the center-right vote, even as Antonis Samaras and Maria Karystianou keep drawing off support on its flanks

Samaras says he has repeatedly asked the government for answers, with no response to date

He dismisses her criticism and blames the polls slump on the party's own choices

New Democracy still leads every poll, but the numbers no longer back the government's "stability" pitch, and no rival party wants Mitsotakis as prime minister

Former PM warns of an Aegean version of the Prespes deal, and takes aim at Gerapetritis

She addresses the Thessaloniki attack, the Dilian case, elections, and foreign policy

As speculation grows that Antonis Samaras may launch his own party, New Democracy is reaching out to Kostas Karamanlis and watching its rival's every move, with private polling putting a Samaras party near 4%

It's not just the party itself that threatens the government — it's the drawn-out suspense surrounding its launch. Anxiety, awkwardness, and a succession of U-turns

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis confirmed the limited reshuffle while hitting back at the former New Democracy leader, who used a speech in Crete to compare Mitsotakis to left-wing former premier Alexis Tsipras.

The former prime minister is expected to deliver a wide-ranging critique of his former party current approach to governing at an event in Heraklion on Friday, intensifying speculation about his next political move.

As Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis turn up the heat on the current leadership, Mitsotakis is trying to project calm and focus on a packed reform agenda, while the left readies a new electoral challenge

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras criticized a key provision in Greece’s Chevron–HELLENiQ Energy agreement during a heated parliamentary debate. Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou pushed back, insisting the contracts do not transfer sovereign rights.

The Greek prime minister defended the government’s energy strategy and offshore agreements, dismissing what he described as “professional worriers” and insisting Greece is firmly exercising its sovereign rights

The former Greek prime minister criticized the government’s handling of offshore energy exploration south of Crete and raised concerns about alleged Turkish interference near Kasos, prompting a sharp response from government sources.

Amid a cost of living crisis, ongoing farmer protest and political fatigue, a pivotal pre-election year approaches, one that could redraw party lines, test old leaderships and introduce new, unpredictable players

Speaking from Parliament's podium, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis charged that "...hostility and intolerance on other levels can be negative, but in foreign policy it’s definitely destructive for the country"

Antonis Samaras’s cordial meeting with US Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle and senior Trump administration officials follows remarks in which he attacked Prime Minister Mitsotakis and voiced kinship with Trump’s stance on migration, energy, and the “woke agenda.”

In a scathing interview, former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras accused current leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis of turning the ruling party into a “company” focused on power rather than principles, while leaving open the possibility of founding a new political movement