Politics of Greece
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Greece is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the President of Greece is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government within a multi-party system.
The Greek Parliament building, which was the Old Royal Palace
The building of the Arsakeion in Athens, where the Council of State is seated
A working class political protest in Athens, Greece calling for the boycott of a local bookshop after, allegedly, an employee was fired for her political activism
New Democracy (Greece)
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New Democracy is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right to right wing political party and one of the two major p
Politics of Greece
…Parliament. Between the restoration of democracy in 1974 and the Greek government-debt crisis, the party system was dominated by the liberal-conservative New Democracy and the social-democratic PASOK up until 2012. From 2012 to 2024, the initially anti-austerity left-wing party Syriza, with its first election victory…
Historical Headquarters of New Democracy in Righillis Street
Konstantinos Karamanlis, founder of New Democracy
Konstantinos Mitsotakis and Süleyman Demirel (Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey respectively) in the 1992 World Economic Forum
Kostas Karamanlis giving an interview at a 2008 EPP summit