According to Wolfango Piccoli, co-president at financial advisory firm Teneo, Sunday’s election result had a “devastating” impact on the SYRIZA leftist opposition, while leaving New Democracy in a dominant position with limited scrutiny.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is scheduled to attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union in Brussels on Monday, as confirmed by a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
Cyprus’ president Nikos Christodoulides has congratulated Kyriakos Mitsotakis on winning Sunday’s general election. In a tweet, the director of the Cypriot presidency’s press office, Victor Papadopoulos, said that Christodoulides called the New Democracy leader to congratulate him on his and his party’s victory.
The participation rate of overseas residents in the 2023 elections has reached 79.6%, according to official data.
The “Erdoganization and Orbanization of Greece is now complete,” former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said, in his first reaction to the election results that saw his MeRA25 party limp to 8th place and lose its presence in parliament.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose conservative party scored a landslide election victory Sunday but without the seats in Parliament to win outright, indicated he will seek a second election in a bid to consolidate victory without a coalition partner.
The secretary-general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, hailed his party’s strong showing in the elections, especially in the urban centers and working-class neighborhoods as a promising message for the party in view of the second ballots. “The new forces alongside the old ones, which have rallied around…
US Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at the weekend that the approvals for the acquisition of F-35 fighter jets by Greece have been given, “so they are coming.”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due on Monday to receive an official mandate to try form a coalition government after falling short of an absolute majority win in Sunday’s election.
Greek Solution chief Kyriakos Velopoulos has hailed the results of Sunday’s legislative elections, which saw his pro-Russian nationalist party enter Parliament with nearly 4.5 percent of the vote.