New Democracy

The main opposition party chose not to outdo the government as regards promises of benefits and citizens appeared to have rewarded it for that prudent stance at the ballot box.

Tsipras opted for a major gamble by framing the election as a referendum on his stimulus package and for the first time in nearly four years he lost the bet.

'The electoral result does not satisfy me and I will not ignore it…I cannot ignore it. The final verdict is always delivered by the people. I will not escape,' the PM said.

The looming question now is whether the PM will call a general election immediately or wait until October when his term ends in an effort to turn the tide.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis - whose brother-in-law and conservative MP Pavlos Bakoyannis was murdered by N17 in September, 1989 – said yesterday that he will respect and not comment on any ruling by the high court but that if he comes to power he will change the law

The main opposition News Democracy leader spoke of a well-planned,multi-pronged campaign to bring the genocide to the attention of the world.

This government has instituted measures which previous ones would never have considered. It tied up state assets by handing them over to the Asset  Development Fund, cut pensions, and passed a law lowering the tax-free threshold.

The provision to make many felonies simple misdemeanours will lead to closing about 4,500 felony cases. Thousands of cases involving theft, embezzlement, fraud, and breach of duty will simply disappear.

The Left has always been proud of its moral stance. That moral stance was demolished by the left-wing SYRIZA government.

Members of the health ministry’s committee for the evaluation of medicines will be examined in order to determine whether they made decisions which illegally benefited Novartis

Tsipras’ intervention at yesterday’s extraordinary EU summit on Brexit was revealed in a report by Bloomberg, which underlined that the Greek PM flipped the result of the referendum in July, 2015,

In democratic countries attempts to manufacture guilty parties do not go unpunished. Those responsible are held to account by the justice system.

The political consensus needed to wage the anti-corruption battle is being destroyed, and that in itself is a first-class scandal.

New Democracy cited a Bloomberg report saying Novartis in an internal audit found no kickbacks to Greek officials. ND for over a year has argued that the whole affair is a conspiracy.

The Finance Minister said the estimated cost of New Democracy’s announcements so far is 5bn euros in the first year and another 4bn over the next four years and that ND has not said where the money will come from.

The official line of the PM’s office is that the election will be in October, but most analysts are convinced that parliamentary elections will be held along with the other three races.

The conservative leader called for new, mutually beneficial Greece-Germany economic cooperation with a focus on investments.

The EPP's Manfred Weber in Athens lionised main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and indirectly but clearly dismissed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as a populist who cannot bring growth.

Investment remains stuck at its lowest level and the economy is not taking off. It is unable to transcend the cycle and culture of pervasive pessimism, as if something is binding and immobilising it.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared that not even one iota of parliamentary rules should be changed.

'International law makes it [the accord] difficult to change as it supersedes all domestic law. Any violation can bring international isolation and an International Court of Justice case against our country,' said New Democracy's leader.

'This may become the beginning of new ills. Unfortunately, partisan bargains and SYRIZA’s cynicism prevailed over the national interest.'

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it is inconceivable for the agreement to be ratified without parliament having been given the complete text of FYROM’s Constitution with the amendments stipulated in the accord.

'The dark face of the Tsipras administration casts a heavy shadow on our democracy because when the judiciary is used as a tool for political prosecution democracy is imperiled'.

'I do want to condemn this morning’s silly and senseless vandalism at the US Embassy and thank @hellenicpolice for their quick action,' US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt wrote in a tweet.

There are concerns in Greece that MPs who have declared their support may switch at the last moment, so as to ensure their political survival in the general election.

Political normalcy requires clears rules of the game. It means that a government does not live and breathe only with elections in mind, without setting their date.

On the crucial question, “Which party will bring economic growth?” New Democracy leads ruling SYRIZA by a whopping 30 percentage points.

The objective of the reshuffle was to give the government a new momentum and to broaden SYRIZA’s political base ahead of the next general elections.

“Citizens feel insecure even in the centre of Athens,” New Democracy said in a statement, which comes on the heels of the death of a 25-year-old university student during a mugging on Philopappos Hill