The launch event for the Greek Left Alliance, ELAS, in Athens on Tuesday night elicited surprise around the party’s name more than its policy agenda, as party leader Alexis Tsipras prepares tours to outline future governing plans.
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras formally launched a new political party, the Greek Left Alliance, or ELAS, on Tuesday, presenting it as a vehicle for a “new Greece,” while sharply attacking both the conservative government and the country’s traditional center-left establishment.
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday mixed soccer with politics in a reference to his political comeback with a new party he’s expected to formally launch in two days.
By Fabian Zuleeg The uncertainty surrounding Keir Starmer’s political future has reopened a debate Labour had tried hard to avoid: Britain’s long term relationship with the European Union. Starmer himself had already shifted considerably towards closer cooperation and dynamic alignment with the EU. Some potential future Labour leaders are now going further still, openly speculating […]
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) In a period marked by political uncertainty, economic pressure and growing public distrust toward traditional institutions, Giorgos Biniaris and the political party ELLINIS–HELLENIC ALLIANCE present a movement centered on national sovereignty, social cohesion and the protection of Greek identity. Under this leadership, the party promotes a strongly Greece-focused […]
Pro-European conservative Peter Magyar was ceremonially sworn-in as Hungary’s new prime minister on Saturday, vowing “regime change” after nationalist Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday presented the governing New Democracy party’s proposed framework for constitutional revision, outlining amendments to 30 articles that would reshape judicial appointments, electoral procedures, public administration and environmental protections.
With the leaders of the US, Russia and China all “against” it, Europe is presented with a “unique moment” in which it needs to “gain confidence” so as to be respected by others, French President Emmanuel Macron has told an Athens audience in a discussion on Europe.
ATHENS – Laura Kövesi, the European chief public prosecutor, arrives in the Greek capital on Wednesday as the government clashes with her office over a fraud probe targeting ruling party MPs.
Lefkada MP Athanasios Kavvadas has been appointed deputy agriculture minister following the resignation of Makarios Lazaridis, the government said Monday.
