Parliamentary Majority

Kammenos has been replaced by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Kammenos has been replaced as defence minister by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Yesterday it became clear that the prime minister has definitively lost the ability to call the shots with inititiatives on the political stage.

At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority

'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'.

The Independent Greeks leader and the rest of the protagonists in the government’s drama forget that governments are elected to rule, not to preoccupy themselves with power plays.