The bill on same-sex couples left its own reverberations in the political world who came out in favor of reform. The symbolic “door” to Katerina Sakellaropoulou on the Sunday of Orthodoxy was commented on by circles of the Presidency and regarding the reception that Herodos Attikou traditionally hosts on that day. Sakellaropoulou’s entourage reported that … Read more
If someone has doubts about Kyriakos Velopoulos’ rise in the polls, a simple story from a taxi is enough to convince him. On the way from Ilisia to the center of Athens, the driver was listening online to a Thessaloniki radio station, which openly supports the president of Hellenic Solution. Are you a subscriber? Sign … Read more
“It wasn’t practiced no pressure on MPs’ to vote for the same-sex couples bill, Pavlos Marinakis told the political editors’ briefing – a response to Antonis Samaras’ accusations of bullying blue-collar MPs. Are you a subscriber? Sign in Or register If you want to see the full version you must be a subscriber. Get a … Read more
“It wasn’t practiced no pressure on MPs’ to vote for the same-sex couples bill, Pavlos Marinakis told political editors’ briefing – a response to Antonis Samaras’ accusations of bullying blue-collar MPs. As is usually the case, the reality is somewhere in the middle. There was no bullying, but the pressure was both abundant and methodical: … Read more
ND MP Miltos Chrysomallis said he will vote against the bill for same-sex couples. Today’s debate in Parliament is expected to last until 02:00. Mr. Chrysomallis, is the second MP, after Thanos Plevris, who went up to the floor of the Plenary to express his disagreement, however differentiated from the one who abstained from voting, … Read more
“I don’t know when the concept of family lost its sanctity and we reached the point where it is considered ok for a child to never say mom, nor when the rock of our childhood, the father, became an anonymous sperm. If this is progress then I am conservative and retrograde. But if it is … Read more
“For Orthodoxy, marriage is the most important mystery, the hard core of the religious doctrine. How, then, is it possible for someone to declare himself an Orthodox Christian à la carte, choosing only what he likes from the faith he follows?” asked the former minister of the New Democracy, Euripides Stylianidis, from the floor of … Read more
Stelios Petsas, ND MP, also expressed his disagreement with the bill on the marriage of same-sex couples, from the floor of the Plenary of the Parliament, who stated, however, that he will choose to abstain from the roll-call vote and not to vote against it. Mr. Petsas is recorded as the second member of parliament … Read more
Love only… last year. On February 14, the plenary debate on same-sex marriage and childbearing began with three objections of unconstitutionality rejected, requests for a roll call vote and the parliamentary groups of the three major parties being searched. On the first day of the debate, 1/3 of the MPs are on the list to … Read more
The final showdown for the “bold but not bold for democracy and the rule of law” bill on equality in civil marriage and procreation for same-sex couples, as defined by the emergency minister of state Akis Skertsos, is tonight. The position of Antonis Samaras, who will present the ideological framework of his disagreements with the … Read more
