New Democracy

In October 1981, a major transformation occurred in Greek politics. It was the first time in Greece's history that a socialist party won the elections and came to power. The victory of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PA.SO.K.) over the conservative New...

The three-day parliamentary debate ended tonight with the majority of MPs voting in favor of the Greek coalition government. 155 MPs voted "yes," 131 voted "no" and 2 voted "present." As the parliamentary debate over the vote of confidence began, internal divisions within...

A new poll, conducted by Palmos Analysis and published today on the tvxs.gr site, records a 9% SYRIZA lead over the ruling New Democracy party. Were Greece to hold national elections today, 29.8% of all Greeks would vote for the left-wing...

Former Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis has rejoined the governing New Democracy party, bringing the parliamentary majority of the Greek coalition government to 155 MPs. Kaklamanis had been removed from the party in March after refusing to back a liberalization bill, while he went...

AP - Greek prosecutors have brought criminal mismanagement charges against a former official responsible for the post-Olympic use of costly venues that languished for years after the 2004 Athens Games. Constantinos Matalas, who headed the now-defunct state-run Olympic Properties SA...

It is nothing but ironic that the once-mighty conservative New Democracy party celebrated its 40th anniversary amidst a whirlwind of public disaffection, internal arguments, a second-place running in the polls and an electorate spiraling to less than 20% of all Greeks. Meanwhile, the ruling...

Greek newspaper “Typos tis Kyriakis” published a poll by E-VOICE showing Greece's main opposition party SYRIZA in the lead by 3.7 points (21.2%), compared to New Democracy’s 17.5%. Golden Dawn follows with 5.3%, To Potami with 4.6%, the Greek Communist Party...

On Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras tried to gather the support of his party members and MPs ahead of a confidence vote on Monday, while slamming the stance of main opposition party SYRIZA, during an event to mark...

According to the second installment of Public Issue's survey of the Greek electorate, SYRIZA is the political party favored by most Greeks today, having increased its lead over rival New Democracy by 13 percentage points. The first part of the...

According to a recent Public Issue poll published by “Efimerida ton Syntakton," SYRIZA's lead over New Democracy is steadily growing, with approximately 36 percent of Greeks now supporting the leftist opposition party. This figure is up 11% since May's...