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Archive - May 2012

May 15th

To convene parliament or not, that is the question

15 May 2012 / 19:05:57  
The dilemma is splitting constitutional law experts. Some of them believe that compliance with the prescribed procedure will delay the new elections, whereas time is flying to the detriment of Greece.


live Talks have reached an impasse. Greece is to hold new elections

15 May 2012 / 16:05:14  
The two-hour talks between five of the seven leaders of major political forces have not yielded results and new elections will be held in Greece. President Carlos Papoulias is expected to form a caretaker government on Wednesday, which will undertake to hold the second elections. The exact election date is expected to be announced tomorrow, but according to unofficial sources, it will be 17 June this year.


Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Businessmen and publishers will benefit from the return of the drachma

15 May 2012 / 15:05:01  
The New Democracy deputy urged his colleagues to give up their remuneration, if Parliament opened for several days without a government.


live Thriller with the payment of bonds worth 436 million, maturing today

15 May 2012 / 14:05:42  
Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker is trying to dispel the clouds hanging over Greece. He called stupid and propaganda the rumours that Greece would exit the euro area.


May 14th

live Talks on forming a government continue on Tuesday

14 May 2012 / 20:05:40  

Antonis Samaras from New Democracy, Evangelos Venizelos from PASOK and Fotis Kouvelis from the Democratic Left met in the presidency for the second time in the last two days at the invitation of Carlos Papoulias to find a common way in forming a coalition government. The meeting lasted less than an hour and the participants left the presidential palace without giving comments. Circles close to Fotis Kouvelis and Evangelos Venizelos said that negotiations have not been completed and the leaders of the three parties are expected to make separate statements a little later in the evening.



live Fotis Kouvelis: I will not cooperate with SYRIZA after the second elections

14 May 2012 / 18:05:43  

It appears that Greece is setting off for new elections after the failure of any of the three largest parties to form a coalition government last week. Although not yet officially announced, the leader of the Democratic Left Fotis Kouvelis has made it clear that the President of the republic Carlos Papoulias must set today a date for new elections. Kouvelis said for Real FM Radio, "I ​​will not cooperate with SYRIZA after the new elections." He blamed the extreme left for not using the opportunity New Democracy had provided to recognize and support a government of left pro-European forces.



live Alekos Alavanos: SYRIZA will take Greece out of the euro

14 May 2012 / 18:05:37  

The left is afraid to tell the truth as it is, namely, that the withdrawal from the Memorandum of financial assistance will inevitably lead to exiting the euro zone. These are the words of former SYRIZA leader Alekos Alavanos, who has criticized the current position of the left party as incorrect. Four years ago, he pushed his protégé Alexis Tsipras to take the leadership position in the extreme left and until yesterday, Alavanos supported the young politician. Now, his tone is altering.