Manfred Weber

If there is one thing the ruling leftist SYRIZA party and conservative opposition New Democracy agree on - or agree to disagree on, at least - it is that the primary surplus targets Greece needs to achieve over the coming years need to be relaxed. The country needs some fiscal leeway to cut taxes. There is no other way.

Opposition chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday accused the leftist Greek government of overtaxing the middle class in order to create surpluses it can then distrbute to the electorate in order to attract votes.

In a nod to New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of the European People's Party (EPP) said on Thursday that Greece could be granted smaller primary surplus targets if he is elected president of the European Commission in May on the condition that the country has a growth-friendly government.

European People's Party (EPP) chief Manfred Weber on Thursday suggested that Greece could be granted smaller primary surplus targets if he is elected president of the European Commission in May, on the condition that the country has a growth-friendly government.

A top European Parliament lawmaker has slammed Greece's stance on Venezuela's political crisis, saying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is "blocking initiatives on a European level" that would support those "fighting for a democratic Venezuela."

Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that, if he is elected prime minister, he will set up a ministry of digital reform to help modernise the state.

The head of the European People's Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, is due to participate in an EPP meeting in Athens on Wednesday that will also be attended by European Parliament President Antonio Tajani and conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. among others.

The head of the European People's Party Manfred Weber is coming to Athens on Wednesday for a two-day visit, which will also see European Parliament President Antonio Tajani coming to Greece.

Weber, who is running for the presidency of the European Commission, will be presenting his five-year economic plan for the bloc, which includes measures to create 5 million new jobs.

Manfred Weber, the leader of the center-right European People's Party in the European Parliament, has denied that he gave an interview in which he expressed support for the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Manfred Weber, the Spitzenkandidat of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), appeared to support the agreement aimed at resolving a decades-old name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the latter's name, after pressure to clarify his position.