🇬🇷 Greek politics and elections

[Storr]

The political crisis over gay marriage continues.

The Archbishop of Greece has done a very rare public statement requesting a referendum, Mitsotakis rejected it.

ND leadership is leaking that around 100 ND MP's will vote in favour with around 30 against, though it's debatable how accurate those assumptions are.

The conservative parties will vote No unanimously.

SYRIZA continues to go through it's death convulsions, it's unknown how many would vote in favour, at least 3 will vote No.
They have a meeting at Kasselakis's country retreat, which Tsipras is boycotting.

PASOK is currently leaning towards yes, but some of it's MP's are vocally against.

The Konstantopoulou party will vote yes.

The Communists will vote No.

Greece's artistic community is also split.

Unlike the rest of Mitsotakis's neoliberal agenta, this doesn't have unanimous support from the greek business community, so it's a rare free debate which the greek PM can't censure.

Gay marriage vote in parliament set for Feb. 15th:

https://www.politico.eu/article/greeces-mitsotakis-makes-progressive-pivot-with-same-sex-marriage-bill/

[Storr]

"Independent MP Konstantinos Floros — formerly with the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party — appeared to assault MP Vassilis Grammenos of the nationalist Greek Solution party during a heated debate in parliament over a defamation lawsuit.

Parliament was discussing the lifting of the immunity of Greek Solution President Kyriakos Velopoulos, who has been sued for defamation by a retired navy officer. Floros is the retired navy officer’s son. He requested to speak in the plenary during the debate, but was not allowed to, since he is involved in the case.

 “This will be decided by judges,” Floros shouted anyway, to which Grammenos replied “shut up, you trash!”

The tension escalated and the two men stepped outside of the plenary room. Photos have emerged in Greek media that appear to show Floros putting Grammenos in a headlock and throwing him on the ground."

Floros has been charged with article 157 of the criminal code, a felony, "attack against a member of parliament during the performance of his duties" and is in police custody. Grammenos was sent to the hospital, suffering from a nose and wrist fracture.




https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/1491204/vouli-sunelifthi-o-konstadinos-floros-gia-tin-epithesi-ston-vasili-grammeno-tis-ellinikis-lusis/