Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Opposition taking turns knocking PM
The "fairy tale" of ruling conservative New Democracy and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will end with the general election on May 21, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras assured this weekend.
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A stable progressive government is possible
SYRIZA will not seek to form a government if it comes second in the general elections on May 21, the main opposition party's leader and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, tells Kathimerini in an interview.
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Racing to woo the undecided voters
Both major Greek parties, the ruling center-right New Democracy and left-wing SYRIZA, are targeting the more than 10% of voters who, according to recent opinion polls, are at present undecided who to vote for.
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PM decides on May 21 as election date
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced at a cabinet meeting Tuesday that the next election will take place on May 21.
The announcement had been expected; initially, the government was planning on an April date, before the deadly train crash on February 28 upended the plans.
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Announcing Election Date, Greek PM Sums up Turbulent Tenure
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Brussels, March 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
In his introductory statement to his cabinet, Mitsotakis reviewed his tenure, recalling all the issues his government had to deal with - the pandemic, issues with neighbour Turkey in the Aegean, the energy crisis, the the war in Ukraine, and a series of natural disasters.
SYRIZA aiming for the center and the young vote
SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras is pondering the idea of taking the issue of safety from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' pre-election agenda and using it to respond to the public outcry stemming from the Tempe rail crash.
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SYRIZA demands dissolution of Parliament, elections now
Greece's main opposition party on Tuesday demanded the dissolution of Parliament and immediate elections, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of being "morally and politically compromised."
The profile of undecided voters
With elections looming, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras are seeking to rally their traditional voters and hunt for the undecided ones who will largely shape the final correlations in the first ballot of simple proportional representation.
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PM welcomes censure motion
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that he welcomes the censure motion submitted by opposition party SYRIZA on Monday.
"The motion is very welcome and it is true that I have been asking him [opposition leader Alexis Tsipras] for many months to submit one," said Mitsotakis, adding that "it is a good opportunity to compare what we have done during our four-year terms."
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Poll gives ruling ND 7.5-point lead over SYRIZA
Ruling New Democracy maintains a lead of 7.5 points over opposition SYRIZA, according to the first major poll in 2023 conducted by Pulse and presented on Skai TV's main newscast on Tuesday evening.
New Democracy garnered 33.5%, compared to 26% by leftist SYRIZA, ahead of center-left PASOK on 11%, communist KKE (6%), nationalist Greek Solution (4%) and radical-leftist MeRA25 (2.5%.)
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