KKE party

The ruling conservatives announced that they would vote in favor of the proposal recently submitted to Parliament by the communist KKE party for the establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the fatal collision of two trains in Tempe in central Greece on February 28.

The fines imposed on political parties for illegal poster pollution not only concern one party, nor are they driven by a money collection logic, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis told Skai on Tuesday, commenting on the reactions of the communist KKE party to the penalty it received from the municipality.

Ahead of the European Parliament election on May 26, main opposition New Democracy maintains a 6.5 lead over ruling SYRIZA, according to a poll by MRB published in Ta Nea newspaper on Saturday.

Thirty percent of those polled backed the conservatives, against 23.5 percent for SYRIZA.

Major opposition party New Democracy (ND) holds a 13% point lead over ruling leftist party SYRIZA in the latest poll conducted by the University of Macedonia (PAMAK). The results aired on Skai TV’s Monday night main news bulletin, showed that 30.5% of those asked preferred ND, compared to 17.5% who said they liked SYRIZA.

Two more polls saw the light Friday night in Greek media, both of which predict a close battle between the two major political forces, left SYRIZA and conservative New Democracy.

MRB for Star TV

A majority of Parliament MPs on Wednesday approved asecond package of prior actions, linked with a third bailout, via an emergency procedure. The ruling Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), junior coalition rightist Independent Greeks (ANEL), main coalition New Democracy, centrist Potami and socialist PASOK party voted in favor.