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Mitsotakis Criticizes Pappas: I Don’t Recognize Him as Opposition Leader, Convicted 13-0 – Watch Live (update)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis launched a sharp attack against Nikos Pappas from the parliamentary podium, referencing Pappas’ absence during the session. Mitsotakis stated that this will be his approach moving forward, as he does not recognize Pappas as the representative of the main opposition, given that a special court convicted Pappas in a 13-0 ruling.
Parliament: A “patchwork” of ten parliamentary groups – What’s happening with the electoral law and the 4-5% threshold
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Pavlos Polakis: With… love from Kasselakis outside the Parliamentary Group but within SYRIZA – All the behind-the-scenes details
Independent MP since yesterday afternoon is Chania MP Pavlos Polakis, as his verbal attack on a staff member of Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis resulted in his expulsion from the SYRIZA Parliamentary Group, dramatically changing the agenda and dynamics within the main opposition.
The Timeline of the Expulsion
Motion of no-confidence: The debate is in the final round - Konstantopoulou with a stack of papers, watch live
The members of the KKE and the New Left were conspicuously absent - The obstruction of Konstantopoulou, the refusal of Velopoulos to concede his turn and the delay of Haritsis due to traffic
Former SYRIZA secretary indicates formation of new party ahead of European elections
Former SYRIZA heavyweight Dimitris Vitsas has said that a new political entity could be formed in anticipation of the upcoming European elections.
Vitsas, a former party secretary, recently parted ways with the main opposition, which is grappling with internal discord following the election of new leader Stefanos Kasselakis.
15.000 protesters in Thessaloniki’s International Fair (photos+videos)
Thousands of employees took to the streets of Thessaloniki Saturday to protest against the government.
The Union of Employees in the private sector along with those in the public sector and PAME took a front seat in the protests.
Konstantopoulou packs a punch with her amazing anti-austerity speech (in English)
A translation of Zoe’s speech by the Socialistworker.org… Her stand against the tough austerity bailout voted through on Thursday has led to her facing the threat of being ousted.
Venizelos refers to ‘grand delusion’ in sharply criticizing SYRIZA govt
The grand delusion
In January, a large part of the Greek people believed that, without causing a problem to the European acquis of the country and without calling into question the improvement in the fiscal condition that was achieved owing to the sacrifices of the 2010-2014 period, they could make a choice of a government with radical characteristics.