Evangelos Meimarakis

Speaking at the neo-classical Rigillis Street building that had served as the conservative New Democracy party HQ for decades, ND party leader Evangelos Meimarakis send a message of unity calling for forces to be united so that the country could move forward.

Symbolism was heavy on Tuesday evening during an outdoor rally by conservative New Democracy (ND) Evangelos Meimarakis in central Athens, as the spot picked for the address was in front of the neo-classical building that served as party HQ for decades.

A furor over a 23-percent VAT rate slapped on private school and colleges’ tuition fees raged on Tuesday, with the opposition pointing directly to class-based “ideological insistence” by leftist SYRIZA to include the measure in bailout-mandated tax hikes.

Outgoing radical leftist SYRIZA party and conservative main opposition party New Democracy (ND) agreed to a televised debate between leaders Alexis Tsipras and Evangelos Meimarakis, scheduled  to be held on September 14.

New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis on Monday kicked off the center-right party’s pre-election campaign from the city of Patras, saying the mainstream political formation is the one that supports unity among the Greek people.

“Others want to divide us with their rhetoric,” he told supporters at an indoor sports arena.

In an interview to ‘Proto Thema’, New Democracy (ND) leader Evangelos Meimarakis warns that the top priority for his party is that a stable government emerges from the upcoming elections regardless of whether ND comes first or second.

According to the latest poll conducted by the firm Alco for ‘Proto Thema’, the domestic political landscape is undergoing a deep shift compared to only seven months ago, as the profile of outgoing PM Alexis Tsipras has all but disintegrated in the wake of the third bailout plan his government negotiated, signed and delivered to Parliament for quick ratification.

According to the latest poll conducted by the University of Macedonia and aired on Skai TV, Friday, the gap between leftist party SYRIZA and conservative New Democracy (ND) is closing.

In an interview to Alpha TV station, Thursday night, leader of major opposition party New Democracy (ND) Evangelos Meimarakis was blunt in his criticism against outgoing Greek PM Alexis Tsipras. ‘The guy is bailing’, Meimarakis said in no uncertain terms referring to Tsipras’s decision to call early elections.

Main opposition leader Evangelos Meimarakis, the primary rival to outgoing PM Alexis Tsipras in the coming snap election, unleashed a cascade of criticism against the latter in a televised address to members of his party’s Parliamentary group on Thursday morning.