Greece General Discussion

[RogueBeaver]

Eurogroup has approved the bailout. First tranche will be approved next Wednesday and handed off the following day.

[RogueBeaver]

Tsipras has delayed the confidence vote and a September snap election is unlikely. More likely October or early November.

[RogueBeaver]

Tsipras aides about Lafazanis: split inevitable.

[RogueBeaver]

First debt repayment made. One senior minister calls for a snap election, and there are rumours in Athens that Tsipras will call a snap election tonight for 3 or 4 weeks from now.

Snap election for next month or early October.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Well, while nobody was looking we made history: we have now our first woman prime minister ever.

[politicus]

Well, while nobody was looking we made history: we have now our first woman prime minister ever.

Yeah, mentioned it in the election thread.

[politicus]

ND has announced that the procedures for electing a new party president has officially begun, with the intention of concluding the process ASAP.

[politicus]

Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Prime Minister yesterday evening.

The new cabinet will take its oath tomorrow morning, before Tsipras departs for the emergency summit on the refugee crisis in Brussels.

Likely moves:

25 to 27 ministers
broad participation of non-political personalities/experts

some of the larger ministries will break up in order to become more manageable:

Ministry of Growth will break up into three (with Giorgos Stathakis expected to be in charge of one of them).
Ministry of Agricultural Development will become autonomous.
Ministries of Migration Policy and Infrastructure will also be a separate portfolio.

Dimitris Vitsas is set to be appointed President of Parliament, after Yannis Dragasakis declined the offer.

Dragasakis will probably get a supervisor role in the government overlook finances.

Olga Gerovasili will continue to act as government spokesperson.

Euclid Tsakalotos is new Minister of Finance

Giorgos Houliarakis will lead af Ministry dedicated to the implementation of the Greek reform program.

Nikos Voutsis and Giorgos Katrougalos stays as Ministers of Interior and Labour.

Caretaker Ministers of Migration Yannis Mouzalas stays on in the tough job.

Caretaker Minister of Shipping Christos Zois stays

Nikos Christodoulakiswill be booted as Economy Minister, but unsure who gets it,

ANEL boss Panos Kammenos will remain in charge of the Ministry of National Defense and Elena Kountoura will continue as Minister of Tourism.

Lets see if it holds true, to if Tsipras has some surprises.

[politicus]

EU prepared to essentially pay Greece to cede border control to the union.

http://www.tovima.gr/en/article/?aid=739590

Financial aid in return for accepting supervision of the country’s borders  from Frontex. Wonder if ANEL can accept that.. would fit many of their old conspiracy theories.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Tsipras just made minister Dimitris Kammenos. He is a cousin of Panos and a well-known homophobe and anti-semite who thinks that 9/11 was a jewish conspiracy.
How lovely! 

[politicus]

The new cabinet. 17 reappointments and few surprises.

http://www.tovima.gr/en/article/?aid=739875

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Vet pry male dominated, these Syriza cabinets aren't they?

[MaxQue]

Tsipras just made minister Dimitris Kammenos. He is a cousin of Panos and a well-known homophobe and anti-semite who thinks that 9/11 was a jewish conspiracy.
How lovely! 

If I was responsible of the opinions of my cousins and extented family...

I have racists, bigots, communists and theocrats (but mostly normal, centrist or center-left people). Am I a terrible person because of that?

[politicus]

Tsipras just made minister Dimitris Kammenos. He is a cousin of Panos and a well-known homophobe and anti-semite who thinks that 9/11 was a jewish conspiracy.
How lovely!  

If I was responsible of the opinions of my cousins and extented family...

I have racists, bigots, communists and theocrats (but mostly normal, centrist or center-left people). Am I a terrible person because of that?

Well, he is responsible for putting his horrible cousin in the cabinet. But Panos K. is pretty terrible himself, so no surprise.

[Bacon King]

Hey px75 who did you vote for this time? PASOK-DIMAR, if I had to guess?

[Beezer]

Tsipras just made minister Dimitris Kammenos. He is a cousin of Panos and a well-known homophobe and anti-semite who thinks that 9/11 was a jewish conspiracy.
How lovely! 

If I was responsible of the opinions of my cousins and extented family...

I have racists, bigots, communists and theocrats (but mostly normal, centrist or center-left people). Am I a terrible person because of that?

I don't think anybody is using Tsipras' choice to rail against P. Kammenos. This is about a hero of the European left filling his cabinet with a rabid anti-Semite.

[Bacon King]

Dimitris Kammenos now holds the record for shortest service in the Greek Cabinet- a mere twelve hours!

Apparently he voluntarily resigned shortly after Tsipras called Panos Kammenos to "suggest" that ANEL consider replacing him

[Landslide Lyndon]

Hey px75 who did you vote for this time? PASOK-DIMAR, if I had to guess?

Yeah, but not because I thought they were any good. I voted for them to prevent GD from coming third.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Dimitris Kammenos now holds the record for shortest service in the Greek Cabinet- a mere twelve hours!

Apparently he voluntarily resigned shortly after Tsipras called Panos Kammenos to "suggest" that ANEL consider replacing him

The funny thing (if you can call it that) is that his anti-semitic and homophobic comments aren't what led to his demise, Panos K. himself has also made a bunch of them.
The straw that broke the camel's back were some past comments where he called Tsipras an "idiot", a "criminal" and suggested that he was a Free Mason.

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New Democracy have spectacularly botched their leadership election.