Country Government Project: Greece
Greece is a Parliamentary Republic, although best described as a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The leader (president) is Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The historically dominant parties have been New Democracy (ND) and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) , in more recent elections, five parties have emerged; new or re-emerging (SYRIZA, Independent Greeks, Golden Dawn, DIMAR, and KKE)
New Democracy - Its ideology is socially conservative, with economically liberal elements. ND supports and implements the economic bail-out program for Greece. The leader of ND, Antonis Samaras, is also the Prime Minister of Greece.
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) - It was a party of the social-democratic …show more content…
Greece has an executive, legislative and judicial branch. The executive branch consists of the cabinet, which includes twenty-two ministries led by the prime minister. Ministers, who are not members of the Assembly (legislative branch), are chosen by the prime minister and their names are submitted to the president for formal appointment. Greece elects a legislature by all citizens (over the age of 18). The Greek Parliament has 300 members. The prescribed subjects of the legislative branch include parliamentary standing orders and elections; church-state relations, religious freedom, and individual liberties; the operation of political parties; delegation of legislative authority to a cabinet minister; and authorization of the state budget. Plenary sessions may also be requested by the government to consider bills of particular importance. In Greece the judicial branch is divided into civil and administrative courts. Civil courts judge civil and penal cases, and administrative courts judge administrative cases, although mostly disputes between the citizens and the …show more content…
During the 1950s and early 1960s, Greece was ruled by a series of politically conservative parties. The Center Union Party of George Papandreou came to power in 1963 and remained in office until 1965. Then in 1967, a coup occurred under the leadership of George Papadopoulos. Many civil liberties were taken away, thousands of political protesters were jailed or exiled to remote islands, and military courts replaced civil courts. Order was restored when former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis returned to Greece from exile in France to lead a new constitutional government. His new political party, New Democracy (ND), won the 1974 elections and he became prime
Greece is a Parliamentary Republic, although best described as a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The leader (president) is Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The historically dominant parties have been New Democracy (ND) and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) , in more recent elections, five parties have emerged; new or re-emerging (SYRIZA, Independent Greeks, Golden Dawn, DIMAR, and KKE)
New Democracy - Its ideology is socially conservative, with economically liberal elements. ND supports and implements the economic bail-out program for Greece. The leader of ND, Antonis Samaras, is also the Prime Minister of Greece.
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) - It was a party of the social-democratic …show more content…
Greece has an executive, legislative and judicial branch. The executive branch consists of the cabinet, which includes twenty-two ministries led by the prime minister. Ministers, who are not members of the Assembly (legislative branch), are chosen by the prime minister and their names are submitted to the president for formal appointment. Greece elects a legislature by all citizens (over the age of 18). The Greek Parliament has 300 members. The prescribed subjects of the legislative branch include parliamentary standing orders and elections; church-state relations, religious freedom, and individual liberties; the operation of political parties; delegation of legislative authority to a cabinet minister; and authorization of the state budget. Plenary sessions may also be requested by the government to consider bills of particular importance. In Greece the judicial branch is divided into civil and administrative courts. Civil courts judge civil and penal cases, and administrative courts judge administrative cases, although mostly disputes between the citizens and the …show more content…
During the 1950s and early 1960s, Greece was ruled by a series of politically conservative parties. The Center Union Party of George Papandreou came to power in 1963 and remained in office until 1965. Then in 1967, a coup occurred under the leadership of George Papadopoulos. Many civil liberties were taken away, thousands of political protesters were jailed or exiled to remote islands, and military courts replaced civil courts. Order was restored when former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis returned to Greece from exile in France to lead a new constitutional government. His new political party, New Democracy (ND), won the 1974 elections and he became prime