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The PM may now purport to be the protector of the judiciary, but everyone knows that he and his party had invested politically in the Novartis scandal.

Σύμφωνα με ισπανό δημοσιογράφο, οι Πράσινοι συμφώνησαν με τον αμερικανό φόργουορντ

She has posited her party as the sole authentic progressive party which can stand up for social justice and labour rights.

In an exceptionally sweet deal, Greece paid only the $44mn for the helicopters that had been withdrawn by the US military. The actual value is estimated at $589mn.

'It should be noted that Alternate Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos in February, 2018, had told Parliament that the Novartis affair is 'the biggest scandal since the founding of the Modern Greek state'

To ensure a better future for the country and its citizenry one needs a growth dynamic and not the distribution of paltry benefits.

Though the initial current of support for New Democracy may have come from the deep public consternation with SYRIZA’s broken promises and over-taxation, it now appears to be taking on the character of a positive vote for ND.

Washington has also raised the prospect of sanctions on Turkey, which could prolong its economic recession and prompt a re-evaluation of its 67-year membership of NATO.

For the time being, Ankara has not indicated an intention to drill in blocks of Cyprus’ EEZ for which Nicosia has awarded concessions to Western oil companies (ExxonMobil, Total, Eni).

Though a solid majority has already decided who they feel is best suited to manage the country’s future, the next few weeks will be decisive in determining the power balances in the next Parliament.

The government’s long string of tax hikes was in large measure due to its inability to meet fiscal targets agreed to with creditors.

Tsipras scrapped plans to hold elections in October after losing the 26 May European election to ND by a margin of 9.3 percentage points.

Greek diplomatic and military sources are urging extreme caution both before and after parliamentary elections and throughout the summer.

The political favours passed in Parliament during the last days of the Tsipras administration brutally wounded democracy and shook the trust of the people.

In terms of voter intention, the spread between SYRIZA and New Democracy is 7.7 percentage points.

SYRIZA has begun the month-long campaign leading to the 7 July general election by erecting a polarising dichotomy between SYRIZA as the caring left-wing party that is the only bulwark against a grand restoration of neo-liberal austerity that it says is expressed by New Democracy.

The entirely predictable outcry following revelations of a slew of unabashed political favours caused a panic in the PM’s office.

'The vast majority of counter-measures for 2019 and 2020 have already been legislated and implemented,' finance ministry sources say.

Conservative austerity versus SYRIZA social benefits and relief for the vulnerable is the ruling party’s new Manichaean political dilemma for voters.

With the amendment of the relevant Criminal Code article any form of non-consensual sex is considered felony rape. The punishment will be a mandatory ten-year prison sentence.