Greek Solution

The three main parties to the right of center-right New Democracy collectively represent around 20% of the Greek electorate, but continue to have relatively limited influence because of the deep ideological, political and personal divisions preventing them from joining forces.

A number of Greek political figures have taken to social media to welcome Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.

Panos Kammenos, the former leader of Independent Greeks which formed a government coalition with leftist SYRIZA from 2015 to 2019, tweeted "Make Greece great again," in a clear reference to Trump's election slogan.

The far-right Greek Solution expelled MP Pavlos Sarakis on Tuesday. The party, which won fourth place in the recent European Parliament elections, issued a statement citing "arrogance, ingratitude, lack of moderation, and disparaging behavior towards colleagues" as reasons for Sarakis' expulsion.

The far-right vote in the European Parliament election was especially strong in Greece. And nowhere was it stronger than in the northern regional unit of Pella.

There, the hard-right populist Greek Solution achieved one of its best results: second place, with 17.28% of the vote, almost double its national score (9.30%).

The Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Georgia Adilini, sent a request on Friday to the Athens prosecutor's office asking to investigate allegations of fraud during the recent European elections made by the leader of the nationalist Greek Solution (Elliniki Lysi) party, Kyriakos Velopoulos, and a former New Democracy MEP, Georgios Kyrtsos.

There are two definite conclusions from Sunday's European elections. Ruling New Democracy (ND) lost big and nationalist, pro-Russian Greek Solution won big. The percentages secured by all parties seem to imply a further shift of the ideological-political axis to the right.

The statements on Friday by Archbishop Ieronymos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during a joint visit to facilities of the Archdiocese of Athens in Dilesi, Viotia, Central Greece, demonstrated in the most emphatic way that the rift in relations between the Church and the government over the legislation on same-sex marriage has been largely bridged. 

Archbishop Ieronymos, the leader of the influential Orthodox Church of Greece, on Friday denounced threats made by a nationalist party leader against deputies of the ruling New Democracy party.

Konstantinos Floros, an independent MP, formerly with the far-right Spartiates party, was released on bail with a restraining order on Thursday after being arrested for attacking and punching another MP, Vassilis Grammenos, in Parliament the day before.

After his release, Floros must abide by a restraining order to stay at least fifty meters away from Grammenos.