SYRIZA

Opportunistic demagoguery and pledges that ignore the economic realities and the results of negotiations with creditors are an inextricable part of SYRIZA’s profile.

The choices for the ruling party’s European Parliament ticket were expected to symbolise renewal and Tsipras’ effort to forge a broad centre-left front.

In his post, entitled “The greatest threat to the national territorial integrity of Greece is the SYRIZA government,” Kostarakos unleashes harsh criticism of SYRIZA’s stance towards issues of national import.

After five years of bad experiences and countless amateurish choices, citizens have understood the many deficiencies of the government.

'Novartis AG said its own internal investigation found no evidence of bribery to Greek officials as an upcoming election puts the Swiss drugmaker back in the spotlight,' Bloomberg reported.

Simitis said that it is irrational for the government’s fiscal policy to be focused on handouts and benefits.

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.