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New Report Warns Euroskeptic Parties Could Paralyze the EU

A new report published by the London-based European Council on Foreign Relations says that far-right populist "Euroskeptic" parties could win up to one third of the 705-seat European Parliament in the upcoming May election. The report warns that the EU...

New Democracy Leads Polls Over SYRIZA in European Elections

According to data published on Wednesday by the European Parliament, the center-right New Democracy (ND) party holds a 14-point lead over the left-wing SYRIZA party ahead of the upcoming European elections in May, 2019. The data is not the result...

Yanis Varoufakis Denies Consideration of Candidacy in German Euro Elections

Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis dismissed reports in the Greek media that he will stand as a candidate in Germany for the European elections in 2019. The leader of the DiEM25 movement claimed that his Euractiv news site interview, was...

"I, Citizen": A New Cyprus Political Party by Russian-Cypriots

One of the most controversial political formations in the history of the island was announced today. The formation of "I, Citizen", the new party by Russian expats with a Cypriot passport has been met with reservations in Cyprus ever...

Residents of Gavdos Vote for Abstention

The residents of the island of Gavdos, the southernmost island of Greece, decided to abstain from the European Parliament elections on May 25. They complain about the inertia and indifference of the European Union towards the plans for destruction of the...

Austerity in Cyprus Hasn't Turned Voters Against Europe

Cypriot politicians and officials claim that austerity measures and losses on citizens' bank deposits imposed by international creditors won't make voters boycott the European elections on May 25. Alexandra Attalides, a Cypriot and acting head of the European Parliament office, stated...

Credit Agricole: SYRIZA's Victory May Cause Shock to EU markets

According to Bloomberg news agency, Mark McCormick, a currency strategist at the French Credit Agricole, sent a to the bank's clients, stating that a possible victory of SYRIZA in the euro elections might cause a shock to the European...

Elections 2014: Three New Polls, Three Different Results

Three Friday polls on Greece's local and European elections gave three different results. ALCO's poll for newspaper Proto Thema gave main opposition party SYRIZA a 1.5% lead in European Parliament elections over Nea Dimokratia, whose Antonis Samaras is considered the most popular political leader. According to the...

New Poll Shows SYRIZA Leading in European Elections

A new opinion poll shows that main opposition party, SYRIZA, is leading over the ruling New Democracy in the European elections, but in potential national elections the two parties might have equal percentages. The opinion poll conducted by Public Issue...

European Elections in Greece: The Search for Ulysses

In Greece, European and local elections will be held together. Many voters are undecided and, according to polls, the new political formation To Potami (The River) is on the rise.