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Parliament passes legislation on postal voting for European elections
A legislation establishing postal vote for the upcoming European elections, as well as national referendums, was voted by the parliament on Wednesday.
The provision was passed by the 158 MPs of ruling New Democracy party.
Parliament to vote on same-sex marriage by mid-February, PM tells Bloomberg
Greece's center-right government will soon submit legislation allowing same-sex civil marriages, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, voicing his optimism that the law will be voted in Parliament next month.
Tempe: Train driver’s family sent legal notice to parliamentary panel over medical records
The family of the train driver who lost his life in the fatal train accident in Tempe, central Greece, last February sent a legal notice to the parliamentary investigative committee tasked with probing the tragedy on Wednesday.
Tiptoeing into same-sex marriage
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has chosen a low-drama approach in his effort to reform family law to allow same-sex couples to marry.
In a TV interview last Wednesday, Mitsotakis made it clear he wants to avoid intra-party tension, even as some MPs from his ruling New Democracy party, including a former prime minister, are loudly proclaiming their opposition.
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Gov’t plans to legalize same-sex marriage win key opposition backing
The center-right Greek government's plans to legalize same-sex civil marriage received a major boost Thursday after the left-wing opposition leader pledged his party's backing in parliament.
SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis said he would instruct his lawmakers to vote for the proposal, although he argued that it didn't go far enough on parenthood rights.
Government denies claim that SYRIZA leader had been offered ministerial seat
The government refuted claims that main opposition SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis was offered a ministerial seat in the ruling New Democracy party as "science fiction."
Political stock market winners and losers
The year 2023 will, if anything, be remembered as one of immense political upheaval.
Those who claimed that the impact of the bailout cycle on the country's political scene had shaped a new order of things, which was becoming consolidated, were proven wrong in practice.
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Rousopoulos gains support for Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly presidency
Member of parliament and former minister of New Democracy, Theodoros Rousopoulos stands on the brink of assuming the presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, having gathered 73% in Thursday's vote among European People's Party members from the Council's 46 member countries.
Party discipline imposed on migrants vote
Reaffirming its determination to push through a controversial migration amendment, which has been opposed by former conservative premier Antonis Samaras, the government announced on Monday that it will impose party discipline during a Parliament vote on Tuesday.
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Ex-PM Samaras exempt from party discipline on controversial amendment, says gov’t spokesman
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has urged New Democracy MPs to support a government amendment aimed at granting work permits to approximately 30,000 irregular migrants. However, he clarified that party discipline will not be a point of contention with former prime minister Antonis Samaras, who has voiced disagreement with the amendment.