Former Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing him of transforming New Democracy into a “personal party” and straying from its ideological roots.
“He seized the opportunity to turn New Democracy into his own personal party,” Samaras told Antenna TV, adding that the party now bears “only the name” of New Democracy.
Samaras said his differences with Mitsotakis are “political and value-based,” not personal, and criticised the government’s policies on foreign affairs and gender issues as inconsistent with the centre-right.
“The problem is that Mitsotakis can’t stand the right, the centre-right, or the history and grassroots base of New Democracy,” he said.
“That’s why he has turned it into a hybrid of Simitis-era PASOK.”
Samaras also addressed his expulsion from the party in November 2024, claiming Mitsotakis had long sought a reason to remove him.
“It’s the first time in the party’s history that a former prime minister and party president has been expelled,” he said.
Source: Ekathimerini.
