Independent Greeks

the government has managed to transform the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement into a domestic problem that has divided society and the government itself.

The government’s constant talk of handouts has stirred greater social demands, which combined with electoral fiscal imprudence can easily reverse what the country and its people have achieved until now.

Mr. Tsipras has quite a few partisan media mouthpieces, but he appears not to be satisfied with that. He and his coalition partner seek to subjugate everyone, and so they slander, use the judiciary as an instrument, and convict people before trial.

It is in the national interest to resolve the FYROM naming issue at long last. Unfortunately for SYRIZA, the national interest does not coincide with its divisive politics.

ND now has a whopping 16.5 percentage point lead – 38.5 percent versus SYRIZA’s 22 percent - in voter intention in the poll, which was conducted between 6 November and 11 November .

Today, state minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos declared in an interview with Real FM radio that the government has the parliamentary votes necessary to complete its four year term,

It is historically unprecedented for a prime minister to call upon his ministers to vow not to topple the government, in this case over the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement.

SYRIZA ministers have said that, even without Kammenos, the government can muster an absolute majority both for ratification of the Prespa Agreement, and for a possible no-confidence motion by main opposition New Democracy.

Defence Minister Panos Kammenos assumed the mantle of foreign minister and presented his own plan for a Balkan alliance, supported by creating new American bases in Greece.

The poll gives New Democracy 31.5 percent, compared to 22 percent for SYRIZA, followed by extreme right Golden Dawn with seven percent, 6.5 percent for the centre-left Movement for Change, and the Greek Communist Party (KKE) with 5.5 percent.

If creditors insist on implementation of the pension cuts, the government will be in an extremely tough spot, due to the huge outcry from retirees