What’s next for Macron and who could become France’s next prime minister?
After François Bayrou’s downfall, Emmanuel Macron faces the tough decision of whether to find a fifth prime minister in under two years or call for snap elections.
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September 7, 2025 Mitsotakis reveals broad tax cuts package in keynote speech
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the theme of his keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair abundantly clear: raise the disposable income of as many people as possible in order to counter the effects of inflation.
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August 26, 2025 France heads for political crisis as PM Bayrou risks all on confidence vote
France is on the brink of another political crisis, after Prime Minister François Bayrou’s shock decision to submit his government to a vote of confidence in parliament. The chances of his winning the vote in a special session of the National Assembly on September 8 being extremely slim, the prime minister’s days in office look […]
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August 18, 2025 PM pressed for change of electoral law
Discussions about changing Greece’s electoral law persist behind the scenes, even as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeatedly denied any intention to do so, according to government sources and lawmakers.
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August 15, 2025 PM Mitsotakis sends wishes for Dormition holiday, calls for unity
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent his wishes for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox holiday, celebrated across Greece each August 15, calling for unity.
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August 11, 2025 Funeral held for Lena Samaras, daughter of former Greek prime minister
The funeral of Lena Samaras, daughter of former Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras and his wife Georgia Kretikos Samaras, was held on Monday at Athens’ First Cemetery.
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August 8, 2025 Greece’s Mitsotakis blocks probe into ministers over massive EU farm funds fraud
ATHENS — Greek government ministers and senior officials are suspected of colluding in a massive farm aid scam to defraud the European Union of hundreds of millions of euros. But despite being named as suspects by European prosecutors, they are likely to evade justice because Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is blocking a full-scale investigation. “Greece […]
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August 1, 2025 Government under fire over controversial House vote
The ruling New Democracy party faces criticism after a controversial parliamentary vote Wednesday that blocked preliminary investigations into two former agriculture ministers implicated in a major EU subsidy fraud scandal.
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July 29, 2025 Debate on OPEKEPE inquiry in Parliament gets off to rocky start
A two-day debate in Parliament over a House probe into the farm subsidies scandal got off to a rocky start on Tuesday, with the opposition criticizing ruling New Democracy party over the timing of its proposal to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the Hellenic Agricultural Payments Organization (OPEKEPE).
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July 19, 2025 Crete migrant detention plan scaled back
The Ministry of Migration has suspended plans to build a closed migrant detention facility on Crete after strong opposition from local officials.
