Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Opposition parties turn up the pressure on ruling coalition

As the negotiations with Greece's creditors drag on, the opposition has unleashed criticism against the government with conservative New Democracy and socialist PASOK repeating calls for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to resign and centrist Potami underlining the risk of snap polls at such a sensitive time.

New Democracy leader calls on Tsipras to resign

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis threw down the gauntlet at Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, calling on him to step down, during his speech at the party’s inaugural political Committee meeting, Wednesday. ’The country cannot bear to go through last summer’s drama, it cannot bear the incompetent and irresponsible Prmie Minister any longer’, he underlined. ‘Mr.

Opposition leader says the 'sooner' gov't out, the 'better'

Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis delivered his closing speech to New Democracy's 10th annual congress on Sunday saying, "The sooner [Prime Minister Alexis] Tsipras and his crowd leave, the better" it will be for the country.

The government's lack of credibility, he said, rendered it a lame duck while its policies are inexorably leading Greece to "a fourth bailout."

Mitsotakis says no to SYRZA proposal for consent at party’s convention

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s opposition party New Democracy, indirectly turned down SYRIZA’s call for consent, during his address at the party’s 10th convention responding with a smile that ‘the microphones were off’, to a proposal voiced by Education Minister Nikos Filis that SYRIZA was open to cooperate with conservative political forces.

10th New Democracy Convention: Mitsotakis says Greece needs ‘oxygen’

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s major opposition party New Democracy, promised to ‘rebuild’ the party and enter ‘a truth pact’ with the people, during his address at the party’s opening day of its 10th Convention in Athens, Friday. ‘You gave me the mandate to build New Democracy from scratch’, he told party delegates.

Tsipras, ND leader clash over refugee crisis, extremism

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of the conservative opposition New Democracy, on Wednesday crossed swords in Parliament during a debate that was ostensibly about citizens' safety but focused mostly on the government's handling of the refugee crisis and purported links to extremists.

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