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Independent Greeks (ANEL) will be out of the July national election race, chief Panos Kammenos announced on Sunday afternoon, after the meeting of the party's national council. After stating the achievements of the party as junior coalition partner with Syriza,...

The president of Greece's junior governing party on Monday said it will stay in power with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' SYRIZA "to the end". Independent Greeks (ANEL) president, Panos Kammenos, gave a statement on Monday saying his party had made...

While initially being totally against gender reassignment, junior coalition partners Independent Greeks (ANEL) will now vote in favor of the bill. The bill says that any individual can change the sex on their birth certificate, based on how they feel. ANEL...

The SYRIZA - Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition government received its first significant internal blow on Thursday as ANEL leader Panos Kammenos stripped Kostas Damavolitis of party membership for expressing his intent to vote "Yes" on Sunday's referendum. Speaking to Greek radio, Damavolitis stated he would...

Independent Greeks (ANEL) President Panos Kammenos held a press conference to talk in depth about the alleged attempted bribery of ANEL MP Pavlos Chaikalis. Kammenos said that Chaikalis had informed him of the incident but the two men decided not to...

Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Pavlos Chaikalis revealed today that someone offered him money to vote for Stavros Dimas for president of the republic and that he has a recording of the attempt that he submitted to the prosecutor. The bribery...

The Greek Parliament has now a total of 24 independent deputies, after MP Panagiotis Melas left the Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary group. After Melas’ resignation from the party, ANEL comprises 12 deputies. Of the 24 independent deputies, 16 have joined the...

The two-day Independent Greeks (ANEL) opposition party convention ended on Sunday with a unanimous decision not to vote for the new President of the Hellenic Republic in parliament. Closing the 2nd ANEL party convention, party leader Panos Kammenos said “none of the...

The woes of Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos, whose party floundered in the European Parliament elections, continued on June 3 when he lost another lawmaker, the second in six days to quit. Mika Iatridi said she was leaving the party because...

Following the low figures in the recent European Parliament elections, Independent Greeks (ANEL) are now facing another challenge, as the party’s former Parliament spokesman and mayoral candidate for Athens, MP Vassilis Kapernaros declared his deprture from the party Thursday. In his...

After his party's abysmal showing in European Parliament elections - finishing last among major parties with 1.2 percent of the vote - Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis has resigned under pressure from unhappy lawmakers. DIMAR failed to elect a...

Greece's opposition parties Independent Greeks and DIMAR are trying to determine the causes of their diminished electoral appeal, in the aftermath of Sunday's European Parliament elections. Independent Greeks look for answers The opposition Independent Greeks party parliamentary group is to convene on...

The leader of the Independent Greeks party (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, is searching for Euro elections candidates via Facebook. Kammenos decided to complete Independent Greeks’ candidate list for the 2014 Euro elections in a new and unexpected way. He posted on...

The marginal Independent Greeks party that is opposed to the terms of two bailouts given Greece lost two of its Members of Parliament who said on March 26 they were quitting. In a letter addressed to House Speaker Evangelos Meimarakis,...

Greece’s right wing political party Independent Greeks announced the candidacy of MP Pavlos Haikalis for Attica Governor in the upcoming local elections. The elections are scheduled to be held on May 18, 2014. Haikalis, who announced his candidacy during his...