Independent Greeks
Parliament's Scientific Council rejects ANEL request to bend rules
The Greek Parliament's Scientific Council on Thursday rejected a request by Independent Greeks (ANEL)'s chief Panos Kammenos to amend a regulation stipulating that the MPs in any parliamentary group (minimum of five) must have all been voted into Parliament with the same party.
ANEL MP to give up seat after NATO protocol vote on Friday, sources say
Thanassis Papachristopoulos, a deputy of the nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL), will reportedly relinquish his seat in Parliament on Friday, after lawmakers vote on the crucial NATO accession protocol of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which will complete Greece's ratification process, Kathimerini has learned.
Kammenos issues ultimatum for MP to give up seat
The leader of nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, told deputy Thanassis Papachristopoulos on Thursday that if he does not give up his parliamentary seat by Friday he will be expelled from the party.
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Political upheaval fuels election speculation
Despite the government's insistence that general elections will take place as scheduled in October, the prospect of snap polls appears to be growing amid continuing political upheaval.
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Country on life support
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's letter Monday to Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis, asking him to make no changes to House regulations relating to composition of parties (after being accused by the opposition of trying to save former coalition partner Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos) was tantamount to the confession of a failed machination to manipulate the parliamentary rulebook.
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Independent MPs to support SYRIZA's parliamentary group
Six Greek independent lawmakers who backed the government in a confidence vote on January 16 told Parliament President Nikos Voutsis they will approve any future legislation submitted by ruling SYRIZA, thus ensuring its majority in Parliament.
Parliament panel to convene on party regulations
A parliamentary committee was to convene at 2 p.m. on Monday to discuss planned changes to House regulations that would allow the junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) to keep its parliamentary group.
In comments ahead of the session, House Speaker Nikos Voutsis insisted that the aim was to boost parties, not to change the regulations.
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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.
A country kept back
After the divorce of Greece's coalition partners - leftist SYRIZA and nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) - political life has become a whirlwind of accusations and counter-accusations, threats and shifting alliances.
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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.