Centrism

Coalition partner Panos Kammenos has rejected conservative opposition calls for an early general election, while adding that the Union of Centrists would be a welcome government partner.

Two newly-established parties are set to shake the status quo in Spanish politics as citizens are casting ballots in a general election on Sunday.

Most polls show ruling Popular Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has a narrow lead.

Spanish voters went to the polls on Dec. 20 in what is expected to be one of the most closely-fought contests in modern history as two dynamic new parties take on the country's long-established political giants.

Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas met with PASOK President Fofi Gennimata and Centrists’ Union President Vassilis Leventis to discuss the formation of a cross-party committee on the refugee crisis and present them the government’s proposals.

The bill on the recapitalization of Greek banks was voted in Greek Parliament through fast-track procedures on Saturday. The Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government, its junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), and opposition parties put aside their partison differences and agreed on the need to secure bank deposits.

Union of Centrists leader Vassilis Leventis said that there is a possibility to support, and even participate in the government of Alexis Tsipras.

In order to do this, Mr. Leventis set as a condition Panos Kammenos not to be part of the government.

“If he ends the cooperation with Kammenos, I will support the government,” he said to Parapolitika FM.

After the results of the September 2015 Greek elections came in there was no real surprise, besides the margin by which left Syriza won. The composition of the new Greek parliament saw an 8-party assembly, with the addition to the previous seven parties of the ‘Union Centrists’ of Vassilis Leventis.

Spaniards started voting May 24 for mayors and regional leaders in a key test for new protest parties that could herald a historic change in Spain's political landscape ahead of a general election.

Greece?s centrist To Potami party on Wednesday slammed the broadcast on TV screens across the Athens metro grid of a government-backed film demanding German reparations for World War II crimes.

British Prime Minister David Cameron?s Conservatives were level with the opposition Labour Party according to a Populus poll published on May 5, with less than 48 hours before voters cast their ballots in the closest election in a generation.