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Voutsis says House panel to boost role of parties, not change regulations
Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis has played down a planned session of a House committee on Monday expected to discuss planned changes to House regulations that would allow the junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) to keep its parliamentary group.
ANEL MP's resignation put off until after vote on FYROM's NATO accession protocol
With the domestic political landscape in an increasingly fluid state, Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos did not give up his parliamentary seat on Friday, as he had announced he would do, after Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis asked him to wait until MPs have voted on the NATO accession protocol for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia next week.
ANEL MP postpones handing in parliamentary seat for a week
Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos did not give up his parliamentary seat on Friday, as he had announced a day earlier, after Parliament President Nikos Voutsis asked him to wait until lawmakers have voted on the NATO accession protocol for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) next week.
Papacosta to approve Prespes name deal in parliament
Deputy Citizens' Protection Minister Katerina Papacosta indicated on Thursday that she will vote in favor of the Prespes accord in Parliament tonight, adding to the number of MPs who have expressed their support for the deal.
ANEL MPs must toe party line on FYROM name deal, says official
Lawmakers of the junior coalition partner, the Independent Greeks (ANEL), will have to abide by the party's official line on the name deal signed between Athens and Skopje, the party's vice-president Panayiotis Sgouridis said on Thursday.
Pressure mounts over Athens-Skopje name deal
Cracks appeared on Tuesday within junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the Macedonia name deal after one of its lawmakers differentiated his stance from that of party leader Panos Kammenos.
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Parliament resumes debate on foster care bill
Greek parliament resumed on Tuesday a debate in its plenary session over a labor ministry draft bill that will extend the right of fostering a child to couples that have signed a cohabitation agreement, including same-sex couples.
The discussion started with the political party rapporteurs and will conclude on Wednesday with a vote on the bill.
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Gov't refutes ANEL MP's comment on 'friendly relations' with Savvidis
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Thursday refuted a comment made earlier in the day by a lawmaker with Independent Greeks (ANEL), the junior coalition partner in the leftist-led government, suggesting "friendly relations" between the administration and Greek-Russian business tycoon Ivan Savvidis.
Sex change bill passes through parliamentary committees
MPs of the Greek parliamentary committees of Justice, Public Administration and Public Order passed the bill on gender change, including the amendment that allows teenagers as young as 15 to undergo a sex change.
ANEL MP: Government leaked wikileaks IMF dialogue between Thomsen-Velculescu! (video)
An extract from a speech by ANEL MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos in Greek parliament, Thursday, could give a new twist to the controversial leaked wikileaks conversation between IMF officials Delia Velculescu and the fund’s head in Europe, Poul Thomsen, on the Greek matter. ‘What else can the government do when it made the Velculescu-Thomsen conversation public.