Greek Political Parties

Members of the Greek Parliament have begun estimating the amount of money they will lose in the event of early national elections. Estimates hover around 100,000 euros for each member of Parliament. There are approximately 16 months left until the...

A draft bill limiting the State funding that Greek parliamentary political parties receive, as well as abolishing anonymous donations they collect via coupons, was posted on Thursday in the electronic system of internal distribution of the Greece 's Parliament. The draft bill,...

A record 39 parties, seven coalitions and one independent would-be candidate hope to stand for Greece's 21 European Parliament seats at May’s elections. According to official figures, the 47 parties running filed their candidacy at the Supreme Court of Greece by the May 1st deadline, and have until Sunday May...

A total of seven million euros will be shared among Greece's political parties for the European Parliament elections. The Party Committee met Friday at the Interior Ministry and said the half the funds will be distributed based on the results of the 2009 European Parliament elections,...

The political scene of crisis-ridden Greece seems to be scattered in pieces, as no less than fifteen new political parties and as many political movements have been founded, seeking their own place in the Greek political spotlight. Former ministers, political...

Greece's president is to convene a broader meeting with the heads of several political parties Tuesday in a final push to find agreement on forming a government, more than a week after elections gave no party a majority in...

A new poll just released minutes ago reveals that a large number of Greek voters have turned to the radical left-wing Syriza Party in the wake of recent elections. The election has failed to produce a coalition so far,...

Despite the fact that this election is an early one as the economic crisis forced out the previous elected government led by George Papandreou, it feels as if the last elections were ten years ago instead of two. This...

A key part of following an election is knowing the rules. Here’s our guide to following the Greek elections. Times are in GMT and parts of this post are taken from the official Greek Interior Ministry circular. Key dates and...

Greeks continued to throw their support behind smaller, fringe political parties, a public opinion poll showed Sunday, as support for the country's two main parties, the Socialists and the conservative New Democracy party, withered. According to the poll published in...