Vasilis Stigas

The 2025 state budget was approved tonight, receiving 158 “yes” votes, while 139 MPs voted “no.” Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was notably absent from the vote.

The decision over the parliamentary presence of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) has been postponed by the Electoral Court until after a verdict is issued in the criminal trial of the party's MPs who are being prosecuted for defrauding the electorate.

The leader of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans), Vasilis Stigas, decided on Tuesday to retract his expulsion of three members of the party's parliamentary group, just a few hours before appearing at the prosecutor's office of the Supreme Court for alleging they were under the influence of "outside centers" and employing "Greek mafia and Don Corleone" practices.