Mitsotakis and Tsipras clash in Parliament ahead of vote of confidence

A three-day parliamentary debate of the newly-elected New Democracy government’s policy program for the next four years got underway in Greek parliament on Saturday. The debate will culminate in a vote of confidence in the Kyriacos Mitsotakis administration on Monday night. Addressing MPs for the first time as premier, Kyriacos Mitsotakis outlined his conservative government’s …

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Wilson: Mitsotakis will need to demonstrate that Greece can stick to its commitments to North Macedonia

Greece’s new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis would need to demonstrate that Greece can stick to its commitments, including support for North Macedonia’s potential EU accession, Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson said, commenting on New Democracy’s victory at the early parliamentary election held in Greece on July 7. “Tsipras was instrumental in reaching an …

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Zaev congratulates Greece’s new PM Mitsotakis on his victory

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has congratulated Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a phone call on Monday for winning the elections, and the two of them have jointly voiced hope for continuing cooperation between North Macedonia and Greece. PM Zaev said on his Facebook profile that he has congratulated New Democracy’s President and also new Prime …

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New Democracy’s Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s new PM

The leader of the conservative New Democracy party Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister on Monday, just 15 hours after voting ended. In a swift move, the result of Sunday’s elections was formally submitted to President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Mitsotakis was prime minister by 1 pm (1000 GMT). Mitsotakis was expected …

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How will Mitsotakis’ win affect relations with North Macedonia?

The victory of New Democracy party in yesterday’s parliamentary elections held in Greece was the focus of political debate in North Macedonia. What will the country’s new PM, Mitsotakis, do about the Prespa Agreement signed between Tsipras and Zaev, a deal which put an end to a long lasting dispute between Athens and Skopje? Former …

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ND leader Mitsotakis rejects idea for censure motion

Greece’s main opposition party will not table a censure motion against the government over its disagreement on the Prespes accord, according to Kathimerini’s sources on Wednesday. A no-confidence motion would delay the ongoing parliamentary debate on the ratification of the name deal signed between Athens and Skopje to resolve a decades-old dispute on the name …

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Fleckenstein: The referendum is a window of opportunity which rarely opens (VIDEO)

The referendum is a window of opportunity which rarely opens and you need to use it. It depends on the leadership in both Macedonia and Greece, but it depends mostly on you what you decide, said German MEP Knut Fleckenstein at the debate on the topic “European Values ​​for Macedonian Future” organized by the Friedrich …

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Bakoyannis: New Democracy will not support the Prespa Agreement

The Greek opposition party New Democracy will not vote ‘for’ the Prespa Agreement, says Dora Bakoyannis, former Greek Foreign Minister and now MP of the opposition party, in an interview with a local radio. The New Democracy leader and members have on several occasions voiced their objection to Skopje-Athens name deal, saying they will not …

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Koumoutsakos: Opposition more concerned after FM Kotzias’ briefing on name talks

We are more concerned after the briefing of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on the pace of Athens-Skopje name talks, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, the shadow foreign minister of Greek opposition party ‘New Democracy, said on Thursday. ‘The New Democracy holds to its position that the solution must be complex, comprehensive and final, namely one that will meet …

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