Simitis said that it is irrational for the government’s fiscal policy to be focused on handouts and benefits.
For the last two months we have been following an endless string of statements, promises, and negotiations over the framework which will replace the Katseli law on the protection of delinquent debtors’ primary residence from foreclosure. We have not, however, seen any results because as former PM Costas Simitis said in a speech in Thessaloniki, […]
New Democracy proposes that an enhanced majority be required in the first two votes in Parliament and if that is not achieved then Parliament would elect the President with an absolute, one-vote majority.
Tsipras again defended his move to introduce direct proportional representation, as well as SYRIZA’s proposal for popular election of the President of the Republic when there is a deadlock in Parliament.
SYRIZA MPs know that about half of them will not manage to be re-elected and that they will be watching the proceedings in the chamber on the Parliament Television Channel.
The prosecution of intentions and the preemptive suppression of protests are impermissible in a democracy and lead one down dangerous paths.
Our democratic practice mandates a peaceful transition of power and the acceptance of the will of the Greek people without tensions and disputes.
With persistence and consistency and in the face of continual Turkish provocations the Republic of Cyprus insisted on its effort to explore its natural resources and today it has been vindicated.
The third party in the results released today was extreme right Golden Dawn with 5.3 percent, followed by the KKE Greek Communist Party (5.1 percent), and the Movement for Change (4.1 percent).
In certain aspects those who currently exercise power have no sense of measure, and this lack is so intense that they brutally offend the mores and aesthetic of the country and our people.
'There is consensus across the political divide on this issue. I think 3.5 percent - and I’ve said it for an awful long time – is too high, especially for a country that has lost 27 percent of its GDP.'
Extreme right-wing Chrysi Avgi places third with 8.6 percent followed by the Movement for Change (7.9 percent), and the Greek Communist Party (6.7 percent).
Parties are created and then dissolved in a flash, MPs transfer between parties as football players do with teams, and political forces nonchalantly veer off course.
The Constitution must not be amended to serve fleeting political objectives, but rather to establish the framework for a functional democracy over the long haul.
The change was vehemently opposed by both the Orthodox Church of Greece and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which has dozens of dioceses in Greece under its jurisdiction.
SYRIZA ministers and cadres may have studied abroad and sent their children to private schools, but the establishment of non-state universities remains taboo.
The focus of the dispute was the proposed change of the procedure for electing the President of the Republic in Parliament.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is attempting to divert attention from the highly unpopular Prespa Agreement to other issues, such as the planned revision of the Greek Constitution and a shift to thecentre-left.
'You demonstrated that you are a cold executioner. Obviously for you executing us means nothing, but for us the execution of Macedonia means a lot,' Kammenos told the PM.
Those in power did not and do not believe in the autonomy of institutions, nor in the separation of powers and freedom of the press.