Evangelos Meimarakis

New Democracy caretaker leader Evangelos Meimarakis will soon address the matter of the party’s future leadership, according to reports. Following Antonis Samaras’s resignation, Meimarakis, a long-time New Democracy MP who has served as Minister of Defence, has avoided publicly discussing the future of...

The first signs of dismay -but not necessarily of a crack- in the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government regarding the 86-billion-euro bailout deal appeared just a few hours after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed with international creditors in Brussels. Defense Minister and Independent Greeks (ANEL)...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Evangelos Meimarakis in a written statement noted "Unfortunately, at the last minute, we had only the choice for agreement or no agreement that would have led to total disaster." Meimarakis also underlined that "with...

Greek main opposition New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis told parliament during the debate on the draft bill for the “Negotiation and Achievement of a Loan Agreement with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)” that the Greek government has to bring...

The common front that was created during Monday’s political leaders’ summit has been followed by criticism towards Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his opposition and has become a source of frustration with the prime minister for Greece’s political leaders After Tuesday’s...

Following Antonis Samaras's resignation as New Democracy party president after the victory of the NO vote, which Samaras and the party vehemently opposed, questions arise over who will take over the party's reigns. The leadership currently lies in the hands Evangelos Meimarakis, President...

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras resigned from the leadership of his party after a landslide win of the NO vote his party strongly opposed in the Greek referendum. The centre-right wing New Democracy party faced a leadership crisis after an...

The Greek government on Thursday presented to Parliament the document on the reasons why the extension of the loan agreement between Greece and the European Financial Stability Fund does not need to be voted in Parliament. The document was signed...

The European Commissioner for Immigration, Citizenship and Internal Affairs, and New Democracy (ND) member, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is rumored to be the SYRIZA-led coalition government nominee for the upcoming Presidential election in Greece. According to Greek newspaper "To Vima," the first...

A total of 160 positive and 135 negative votes managed to attract the nomination of Stavros Dimas in the first open vote for the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic held at 7:30 pm in the Greek Parliament. According to article...