Course of Freedom

The first meeting of the parliamentary committee of inquiry on the fatal railway collision in Tempe, central Greece in February was marked by acrimony on Tuesday after New Democracy MP Thanos Plevris requested the opinion of the Scientific Service of the House on the legality of Course of Freedom leader Zoi Konstantopoulou's participation, as she is a lawyer for the families of the victims. 

The Greek government is working systematically toward the reunification of Parthenon Sculptures, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said on Monday in response to a question in Parliament by Zoi Konstantopoulou, leader of the Course of Freedom party. 

Course of Freedom, the smallest of the eight parties represented in parliament, has lost another MP in less than three weeks.

In a letter to the speaker, Areti Papaioannou, who represents the Thessaloniki II constituency, said she was leaving the parliamentary group headed by Zoe Konstantopoulou.

In a tense atmosphere marked by political and occasionally personal altercations, Greek lawmakers unanimously decided on Tuesday to accept the request of the prosecuting authority and lift the parliamentary immunity of Rena Dourou.

What has been extensively discussed since the election? The resounding victory of New Democracy, which was also a personal triumph for conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis; the defeat of SYRIZA; the relatively modest performance of PASOK (which received only a fraction of the votes that SYRIZA lost); the resurgence of Zoe Konstantopoulou through her party, Course of Freedom.

The first question after this year's elections is where did Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of Plefsi Eleftherias, or Course of Freedom, find the extra 90,000 votes in the May general elections? In the previous elections in 2019, 82,786 voters (1.47%) chose Course of Freedom; in May this year it jumped to 170,424 votes (2.89%); and in June it got 165,210 (3.17%).

Zoi Konstantopoulou, leader of the "Freedom Sailing" party says her goal is to double her party's score in the June 25 election and enter Parliament.

Freedom Sailing won 2.89% of the votes on May 21, enough for 7th place overall, but below the 3% threshold required for parliamentary representation. It had got 1.47% in July 2019.

The performance of two parties in particular that did not hold seats in the previous parliament was one of the major surprises of Sunday's general election, despite narrowly missing the 3 percent threshold to enter parliament.

Speaking at a press conference in the framework of the 2015 Thessaloniki EXPO, leader of Popular Unity part, Panagiotis Lafazanis said the his former party SYRIZA had been forced to a ‘humiliating resignation’.

A Facebook group whose singular demand is to oust combative Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou now numbers more than 40,000 members.

The FB page was created to push deputies in Greece’s 300-MP Parliament to “institutionally react by immediately submitting a no-confidence vote” against!