Syriza
No-confidence debate comes to a head
The three-day parliamentary debate on a no-confidence motion against the government will be concluded on Thursday night with a roll-call vote.
The motion was tabled by socialist PASOK and backed by SYRIZA, New Left, communist KKE and nationalist Greek Solution.
The result of the vote is a foregone conclusion given the majority enjoyed in Parliament by ruling New Democracy.
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‘I’m not hiding,’ ex-transport minister says
The government's former transport minister, Kostas Karamanlis, dismissed accusations that he is shirking responsibility for the February 2023 Tempe railway disaster during a debate in Parliament on a no-confidence motion against the administration over its handling of the deadly crash.
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ND says SYRIZA undermining democracy over MEP candidate’s comments
Greece's ruling conservatives have accused the leftist SYRIZA opposition of undermining the country's democracy after a senior official suggested that it would be a "blessing" if the EU's chief prosecutor investigating the 2013 Tempe railway disaster could potentially oust the government.
Polarization fueled ahead of Euro election
Greece's political scene is being enveloped with further polarization ahead of June's European elections with opposition parties filing a no-confidence motion against the government, focusing on the handling of the deadly train crash at Tempe in February last year.
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LGBTQ youth group condemns Golden Dawn attack on offices
An organisation representing young LGBTQ people in Athens has condemned an attack on its offices, blaming it on the youth wing of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group.
In a statement, Colour Youth said the attack took place on Sunday night.
Photos from the scene showed Golden Dawn symbols and slogans spray painted on the entrance to Colour Youth's offices.
Thanos Plevris: Although Kasselakis will not perform guard duty or patrols throughout his term of service, he was still considered capable of participating in parades
"Some may think "yes we brought him for 20 days to make him hold the flag"," the ND parliamentarian commented on the president of SYRIZA
PASOK’s Androulakis tables motion of no confidence in gov’t
Socialist PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has submitted a no-confidence vote in the government, following a newspaper report alleging that evidence from the Tempe railway disaster was tampered with.
In tabling the motion, Androulakis accused the government of "systematically undermining the rule of law."
Kasselakis ‘undermining the state,’ gov’t spokesman says
With his call for the next European and general elections to be overseen by international observers, the leader of the main opposition party is "consciously undermining the state, fifty years after the restoration of democracy," the government spokesman has said.
Pavlos Marinakis was reacting to an article by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis in the Efimerida ton Syntakton daily.
SYRIZA chief calls for PM’s resignation
Accusing the government of a cover-up in the 2023 Tempe railway disaster, the leader of Greece's main opposition party is calling on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign from his post and put an end to the "political impasse."
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Bracing for a week of political clashes
Political discourse is set to get nastier this week after the opposition announced plans to submit a motion of no confidence against the government. The move comes as polls show mounting distrust in the country's institutions, with almost nine in 10 respondents saying there is an attempt to cover up the responsibilities of politicians in the 2023 Tempe rail tragedy.
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