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The next steps are being planned in Charilaou Trikoupis by carefully reading the findings of the latest polls to discern the “points” on which to focus their “attack” from the beginning of the new year.

PASOK responded to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' announcement of measures targeting banks in the 2025 budget, calling it a "significant parliamentary victory" for Greece's main opposition party.

The socialist party had consistently pressured the government to legislate on the issue, but the administration had hesitated, citing limited room for maneuver.

French President Emmanuel Macron will likely name a new prime minister on Thursday, a government source told AFP on Wednesday, almost a week into a political crisis sparked by Michel Barnier's ouster as premier.

The nomination will come "more likely when (Macron) returns" in the evening from a day-long visit to Poland, the source added.

Newly elected SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos, in his inaugural speech to the party's central committee on Saturday, criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservative government and challenged its claims of improving living conditions for Greek citizens.

People watch the French President Emmanuel Macron delivering a televised speech to the French nation, in Paris, France, 05 Dec. 2024.

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday was to hold talks with political factions as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find a way out of France's political crisis.

In the search for a prime minister in France, Emanuel Macron following the result of the vote in the National Assembly that led to the fall of Michel Barnier’s government. The result marks the first time a French government has lost a confidence vote since 1962. The French president will deliver a speech tonight at 21:00 (local time).

France is in a political and economic whirlwind as debate is underway on motions of no-confidence tabled following the decision by French Prime Minister Michel Barnier to trigger the controversial Article 49.3 of the Constitution to approve the 2025 budget. The procedure, which allows bills to be approved without a parliamentary vote, has provoked strong opposition parties.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis on Wednesday, marking their first meeting since the socialist party became Greece's main opposition.

Albanian opposition lawmakers and their supporters blocked the capital's main streets for hours Tuesday accusing the government of corruption and demanding it be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet until 2025 parliamentary elections.

Following the announcement of the official election results in Bulgaria, it has become evident that 21 votes were missing for the "Greatness" party, preventing them from entering parliament. However, an investigation by the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) revealed that at least 28 votes originally meant for "Greatness" were reallocated to other parties.