Union of Centrists

The leader of the Union of Centrists, Vasilis Leventis, argued it would be a mistake to grant election front runner Kyriakos Mitsotakis an outright majority in Sunday's general elections, saying his party "stands in the way" of this plan.

Greek party leaders will have an opportunity to cross swords in a televised debate which will be held on July 1, six days before the country's general elections, Kathimerini understands.

Main opposition New Democracy is 9 percentage points ahead of ruling SYRIZA, according to an opinion poll carried out by Pulse for broadcaster SKAI, published on Sunday.

Centrists Union MP Giannis Saridis resigned on Thursday to become an independent after a long disagreement with the party over policy, stripping the party of its status as a parliamentary group.
The lawmaker announced his decision in a letter to Parliament President Nikos Voutsis.

Main opposition New Democracy is 6.3 percentage points ahead of ruling SYRIZA, according to an opinion poll carried out by ALCO for broadcaster Open and published on Monday.
The poll found that ND would garner 29.9 percent of the vote if snap polls were held now compared to 23.6 percent for SYRIZA, with socialist KINAL and neo-Nazi Golden Dawn both coming in third with 5.7 percent.

A bill outlining a new scheme for the settlement of debts to the state, social security funds and local authorities in up to 120 instalments will be introduced to the main Parliament chamber on Monday afternoon.

During its debate in the Parliament's committees, the government and the opposition agreed to fast-track the procedure, which means the bill will be voted on on Tuesday.

Greek Parliament will revisit on Wednesday the issue of the country's claim for German war reparations, with party leaders and MPs expected to debate the content of a House committee's report on the subject ahead of a vote to revive the demands.

SYRIZA is trailing New Democracy by 11 percentage points, according to a new survey carried out by Pulse for Skai, with 32.5 percent of respondents saying they would vote for the conservative opposition compared to 21.5 percent for the incumbent leftists.

SYRIZA is trailing New Democracy by 14.5 percentage points, according to a new survey carried out by Public Issue which was released Wednesday.

According to the survey, which was carried out from 1 to 14 February, 39 percent of respondents said they would vote for the conservative opposition compared to 24.5 percent for the incumbent leftists.

Panos Kammenos, the leader of the nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL), said on Friday evening he will eject MP Thanassis Papachristopoulos from the party after his speech in parliament, which is debating the ratification of "North Macedonia's" NATO accession protocol.