SYRIZA

Just a few hours before the second round of elections for the new leadership of New Democracy, the two candidates, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Vangelis Meimarakis, talked to reporters referring to their views and inviting the supporters of New Democracy to cast their vote on Sunday.

Giannis Panousis referred implicitly to Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos, members of SYRIZA and media supporting the government while talking to Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee claiming that he was victimized.

European Commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said that there is a continued progress on negotiations. Despite any problems, Mr.

Revelations continue regarding Panos Lambros, member of SYRIZA and advisor of the Minister of Justice, who is allegedly named by former Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Panousi as one of the individuals linked to terrorists.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos denied the claims according to which members of SYRIZA had conversations with prisoners discussing even the legislations promoted by the ministry. Mr. Paaskevopoulos even stressed that Panos Lambros was no longer employee of the Ministry of Justice.

Three more opinion polls by … well-known polling companies were released on Thursday, with the first (by Metron Analysis) giving conservative New Democracy a razor-slim 0.3 percentage point lead over leftist SYRIZA, while another (by Alco) had the exact same difference, but with SYRIZA ahead – 25.3 to 25 percent for ND.

The third opinion poll (Pulse) shows a tie, at 28 percent.

Evangelos Meimarakis main opposition leader of conservative New Democracy party stated in an interview that left party SYRIZA leader, and former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras now had his own ‘Lagarde list’ (a Greek rendition of the ‘Falciani list’, which included names of high profile HSBC clients who allegedly used the bank to evade taxes and launder money), referring to the revelations that heavywe

The first school day of the school year began in Greece on Friday, with the annual “rite” of clashing figures — between unionists and the education ministry — on how many teaching spots are unfilled vying for headlines from upcoming elections. Unionists pointed to 25,000 vacant spots, while the caretaker ministry leadership cited 7,000.

Speaking at a press conference in the framework of the 2015 Thessaloniki EXPO, leader of Popular Unity part, Panagiotis Lafazanis said the his former party SYRIZA had been forced to a ‘humiliating resignation’.

One might disagree with his political analysis and views, but it has to be acknowledged that he has been consistent in his opinions all along. In an interview to Greek state TV ERT, Monday, Kostas Lapavistas, member and candidate of the SYRIZA-break away party Popular Unity, ‘warned’ the Greek people to expect ‘monstrous’ political collaborations after the September 20 elections.