The Prime Minister's latest statements have given the impression that the elections are not imminent, which leaves a little political wiggle room.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is reportedly trying to balance party discipline with a growing political clash involving opposition leader Zoe Konstantopoulou, as internal criticism emerges within the ruling New Democracy party
Will the elections be held institutionally or as a matter of prime ministerial prerogative? From a purely betting perspective, it is an amusing question. It is not amusing, however, because from the government down to the public administration, the country freezes before elections and struggles to recover after them.
The main opposition has ruled out supplying the 180 votes the government needs, arguing that a record on wiretapping and the Tempi disaster disqualifies it from rewriting the rules. The government says the refusal is itself a breach of the constitution.
Which means the "any given Sunday" has to end some time in March 2027. But as we said: it begins in September 2026…
Grigoris Dimitriadis, the prime minister's nephew and former chief of staff, said he "took the bullet" for his boss and vowed never to reveal what he knows. Legal and political observers compared his language to an omertà
The Greek state in all its manifestations, the good and the bad, the Rule of Law and the Leviathan. Illegal, a fugitive from justice, and non-compliant. But what kind of state is this?
Every electoral scenario short of an outright majority leaves Mitsotakis exposed and the country facing paralysis, while a splintered political class waits for voters to solve problems it cannot solve itsel
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
As Greece's ruling party maps the ground before the next election, its own data shows voter support draining to the right and the left. The question now is which way it will tilt to win some of them back
Greece's constitutional revision process gets underway in parliament, with secret ballot results revealing inter-party tensions as a cross-party committee races a two-month deadline.
Party leaders from across the spectrum are hitting the campaign trail, as Prime Minister Mitsotakis tells his own party that Greece is in "the final stretch" despite insisting elections are not due until 2027.
In a televised interview, the Greek prime minister addressed scandals, the cost of living, strained party relations and a contentious bill that would nearly double bishops' salaries.
Albanian Parliament Speaker Niko Peleshi has been in Athens since Monday (June 8) on an official visit, coinciding with Greece’s renewed diplomatic initiative to accelerate the European Union accession process of the six Western Balkan countries: Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia. The visit comes ahead of a regional tour by […]
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.
The deputy transport minister's move to the party's top administrative post will trigger a limited government reshuffle expected later next week
With its poll numbers slipping and the opposition field fragmenting, PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis is preparing an internal reshuffle and a shadow government to reassert the party's position ahead of elections.
Nea Aristera has lost seven of its eleven MPs, smaller parties are already dissolving and PASOK is fielding internal criticism, all in the first week since Tsipras launched his Greek Left Alliance.
Tal Dilian, who is appealing his conviction over the Predator spyware scandal, says Greek state agencies operated the system and demands a parliamentary inquiry to clear his name.
Two new parties emerging in the Greek political scene born out of widespread disatisfaction with different aspects of the status quo