Political philosophy

Contrary to the constitutional principles of equality and meritocracy is a provision of law that does not count teachers’ prior experience in private education in the process of grading them for employment in public schools.

As fundamental structures collapse, the architecture no longer holds and the crisis of Greece's political parties is reaching a tipping point.

It's not new; but instead of being a sudden, short, violent phenomenon, the political crisis has been a drawn-out, tortuous normality ever since 2012.

Political scientist Prof. Nikolay Naydenov discussed on Bulgaria ON AIR the ongoing efforts by political parties to form a government describing these attempts as the start of their election campaigns. He emphasized that these efforts demonstrate the parties' responsibility toward society and the state.

The two countries are working together to strengthen governance of the maritime sector within the framework of the European Union and the International Maritime Organisation

The most recent survey by Dianeosis on "What Greeks believe" includes the question: What do you think Greece will look like in 10 years' time? More than half of the respondents said they think the country will have a lot more immigrants and that citizens will be more tolerant of diversity.

Social policy and the welfare state comprise the greatest social - and political - accomplishment of the Metapolitefsi and of this democracy. Every government from 1974 onward strengthened the country's social policy - some to a greater, others to a lesser degree.

The practice of incorporating unrelated amendments into proposed legislation tabled in Parliament, particularly when it involves last-minute adjustments that serve obvious political self-interest, like those reducing the powers of local government, represents a continual erosion of the quality of parliamentary governance. 

Events rarely do political planning any favors. They have a way of blindsiding decision-makers and overturning even the best-laid plans. Before taking office again, the government's top officials had emerged from a long period of successive crises and two election campaigns. Then the wildfires came. 

The long pre-election period and the clear result of the May 21 ballot may have created a sense that Sunday's vote is something of a formality. This is far from the case. 

In fact, this election is more important than the last one because it will determine whether the country will have a government for the next four years and how it will be governed. 

With the election just days away, New Democracy is seeking the crucial 40% threshold that would secure a safe outright majority to form a single-party government.