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Flag of GreeceCountry desk · updated 12 Nov

Greece

300 seats, and New Democracy holds 156.

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    Parliament. New Democracy holds the most seats: 156 of 300 (52%). A majority needs 151.

  2. 2

    Headlines. The tone is steady: 10% of the last 14 days' headlines read grim, 16% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (13%).

  3. 3

    Government. Government barometer 65/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.

Headline mood · 14 days

Line: mood · bars: stories

12 Nov · 7 stories · leaning grim0 upbeat · 6 neutral · 1 grim

What the headlines are about

  • Other 61%
  • Politics 13%
  • Economy 13%
  • Security 13%
  • Climate 1%

A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.

Who holds the seats · Hellenic Parliament

300 seats · 151 for a majority (line)

New Democracy

156 seats · 52% · a majority alone

156 of 300 seats. The Hellenic Parliament's group page lists 156 New Democracy members on 22 October 2026, down from 158 won in June 2023 with 40.56 percent. GPO for iefimerida printed 29.4 percent on 16–19 October 2026.

Map · mood compared

Greece

Overall mood: 10% grim, 16% upbeat · today -14

What changed today

12 Nov

  • 12 Nov: 7 stories (average 7); tone grimmer than usual.

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Parties, people, promises, money

Seats 22 October 2026 · votes at that election

300 seats, and New Democracy holds 156.

The seat map is the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. It shows 300 seats: New Democracy 156, Independent members 50, PASOK – Movement for Change 36, Communist Party of Greece 21, Greek Solution 11, SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance 11, Niki (Victory) 8, Course of Freedom 5. A majority of 300 is 151. Seats have moved a lot since 2023: SYRIZA fell from 47 to 11 after splits, and 50 members now sit as independents. ELAS, Alexis Tsipras's new party, polls second but has no parliamentary group. The next election is due by 25 July 2027. Vote shares are from the 25 June 2023 election result. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.

A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.

The room

Hellenic Parliament

300 seats · 151 to govern alone · New Democracy 156

The deal

One party holds 156 of 300 seats

151 seats are a majority of 300. New Democracy governs alone with 156. The six opposition groups have 92 together, 50 members sit as independents, and the group page does not list 2 seats.

The mood

Election vs now

The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 300. They are different counts.

  • ND
    29.4%
  • Independents
    0.0%
  • PASOK
    13.1%
  • KKE
    9.4%
  • Greek Solution
    8.5%
  • SYRIZA
    2.0%
  • Niki
    1.5%
  • Course of Freedom
    4.7%

The first point is the 25 June 2023 election. The next three are the October 2026 polls by Alco for Flash, Marc for ANT1 and GPO for iefimerida, as the outlets published them. The poll shares include undecided respondents, so they are lower than vote shares. Greek polls also list ELAS, the new party of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, at 15.7 to 16.4 percent; it has no parliamentary group yet, so it is not a line here.

The trend

From election night to now

Public pollster blend — not a forecast

The split

Seat share beside the vote share

The right bar is seats divided by 300. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.

The mismatch

Seats they hold vs the poll

The seat bar is seats divided by 300. The other bar is the GPO poll for iefimerida of 16–19 October 2026.

The rude gauge

Growth king or a fight with work

Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 65 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.

Against the workBuilderGrowth king

Full causal chains live on every promise

This week

The pulse

Parliament

New Democracy holds 156 of 300

The Hellenic Parliament's group page lists 156 New Democracy members, five above the 151 needed for a majority.

Polls

GPO: ND first at 29.4 percent

GPO for iefimerida put New Democracy at 29.4 percent, ELAS at 15.7 and PASOK at 13.1. The election is due by 25 July 2027.

Politics 101

How this country actually works

What this chamber drawing is

300 seats. 151 to govern alone.

The seat map is the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. It shows 300 seats: New Democracy 156, Independent members 50, PASOK – Movement for Change 36, Communist Party of Greece 21, Greek Solution 11, SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance 11, Niki (Victory) 8, Course of Freedom 5. A majority of 300 is 151. Seats have moved a lot since 2023: SYRIZA fell from 47 to 11 after splits, and 50 members now sit as independents. ELAS, Alexis Tsipras's new party, polls second but has no parliamentary group. The next election is due by 25 July 2027. Vote shares are from the 25 June 2023 election result. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.

Who holds the offices this desk names

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister; Kostis Hatzidakis, Vice President of the Government.

Office holders come from the CIA's World Leaders list for Greece, last updated 23 April 2026. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.

How foreigners are seen

Openness in Greece

Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.

Who's welcomed

Share of adults in Greece with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about. A view of a country, not of its people.

Welcoming index

Derived from the two published measures below, not a survey result. Each input keeps its own year.

43.1/100

Mean of Gallup 3.34 of 9 (2016), rescaled to 37.1, and MIPEX 49 of 100 (2024).

The measures behind it (shown separately)

What expats say

InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.

  • Ease of settling in14 of 46
  • Culture and welcome11 of 46
  • Local friendliness12 of 46
  • Finding friends16 of 46

InterNations, Expat Insider 2025

All desks side by side

Pick a measure. Countries without a published figure show Unknown and sit at the end; they are not counted in the average.

Average of the 20 of 22 desks with a figure: 63.3 of 100. Unknown left out: Georgia, Thailand.

  1. Canada85.72024
  2. United States80.72020
  3. Portugal78.42023
  4. Australia76.82019
  5. Spain73.32024
  6. Ireland72.52023
  7. Netherlands69.92023
  8. Switzerland65.12019
  9. Italy65.12023
  10. United Kingdom64.72020
  11. Germany64.62023
  12. South Korea64.12020
  13. France63.62024
  14. Japan59.22019
  15. Mexico51.92019
  16. Malta51.52024
  17. Cyprus50.62024
  18. United Arab Emirates46.72019
  19. Greecethis desk43.12024
  20. Estonia38.72024
  21. GeorgiaUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.
  22. ThailandUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.

In plain words

  • Expats ranked Greece 14 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was culture and welcome at 11.
  • Of the 3 countries Pew asked about here, China drew the most favourable opinions (56%, 2025).
  • Favourable opinions of Russia went from 52% in 2018 to 38% in 2025 (Pew).

Sources and method are listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page.

What it means for you

What it means for you

Only figures with a source and a date. Each source is listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page. Anything not listed here is not on file.

  • Pay

    The Ministry of Labour states that Ministerial Decision 8934/27.3.2026 set the minimum salary for white-collar workers at €920 a month and the blue-collar daily wage at €41.09, both from 1 April 2026.

  • Taxes

    The summary gives a standard rate of 24 percent, a reduced rate of 13 percent and a super-reduced rate of 6 percent. The rates are 30 percent lower on some smaller Aegean islands.

  • Business

    The standard corporate income tax rate is 22 percent. Credit institutions in the deferred-tax-asset regime pay 29 percent.

Sources, licences and image credits

Data

  • Wire (public RSS feeds): Greek City Times, To Vima (English), ERTnews, Πρώτο Θέμα, Το Βήμα.
  • The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 300. They are different counts.
  • Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.

Survey sources

  • Greece — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Greece at 3.34. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
  • Greece — MIPEX overall score 2024: MIPEX. Migrant Integration Policy Index, Greece country page. The block headed 2024 prints “MIPEX Score (with Health): 49” and the label “Equality on paper”. Source. The overall score is cited from the country page. The report is not reproduced.

Image credits

  • New Democracy mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • PASOK – Movement for Change mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Communist Party of Greece mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Greek Solution mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Niki (Victory) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Course of Freedom mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Independent members mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Flag of Greece — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers

FAQ

Questions the desk actually answers

Is the Greece desk live on Nation Runner?
Yes. It draws the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026, the 25 June 2023 election result, and the CIA's World Leaders list for Greece, last updated 23 April 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
Which culture figures does the Greece desk show?
Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Greece in 2016 (3.34 out of 9) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index score of 49, with 2024 printed beside that score. No Pew row for Greece is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
Does the money tab score political donations in Greece?
No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this

Seats: the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. Votes: the 25 June 2023 election result. Ballot support: Alco for Flash, 8–13 Oct 2026; Marc for ANT1, 12–14 Oct 2026; GPO for iefimerida, 16–19 Oct 2026. Offices: the CIA's World Leaders list for Greece, last updated 23 April 2026. Culture: Gallup 2016 and the Migrant Integration Policy Index block headed 2024.

How foreigners are seen

Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked; it shows as unknown.

InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations in 2025). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.

Welcoming index: the mean of the Gallup index rescaled to 0–100 (score ÷ 9 × 100) and the MIPEX overall score, rounded to one decimal. It is derived, not a survey result, and the two inputs come from different years. If either input is missing the index is unknown: it is not estimated, it sorts last and it is left out of the average.

What it means for you

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