Greek Politics
Top Issues Facing Greece in 2025
Written By: Alexandros
As the Greek Diaspora continues to monitor Greece from afar, embracing the new year presents an annual opportunity to reflect on the recent past of our great nation and consider its near future. This article will primarily be occupied with predicting the most pressing issues facing Greece in 2025, and showcasing KTE’s unique policy prescription for the Hellenic government. Demographics 2025 will be a year of shifting demographics. Last year, countless international news agencies published stories about the burgeoning demographic crisis in Greece.
An Unbiased Breakdown of Greece’s 10 Main Political Parties
Written By: Dimitris Karnavas
Greek politics have utilized a Parliamentary Democracy since 1974, operating under a multi-party system that stands in stark contrast to the two-party political landscape Americans are accustomed to. Today, Nea Demokratia (or New Democracy) leads Greece as the ruling party, but there are many other organizations nipping at their heels and rounding out the expansive political arena. Here is a straightforward breakdown of the 10 political parties in the Greek Parliament, listed from most left-wing to centrist to right-wing.
Two Versions of Greece
Written By: Alexandros
There exists two distinct versions of Greece: the one imagined and lived by those in the diaspora, and the one imagined and lived by Greeks who remain, to this day, in the fatherland. The Greece that is imagined by the current population is one desperately trying to impersonate America and its neighbors. It is consumed by consumerism, it hastens to glorify American art, music, and its heroes, and it is becoming secular and modern in every way imaginable by the West.
De-Stigmatizing Right Wing Politics
Written By: Alexandros
The stigmatization of right wing politics is something that has plagued Greece for a long time, and it all comes back to what happened with Golden Dawn (Χρυσή Αυγή). Those familiar with 21st century Greek politics remember Golden Dawn for their ascription as a neo-Nazi and neo-fascist organization that defined the right wing political space before its leadership were sent to prison and the party was permanently dismantled in 2020.