{"id":14122,"date":"2026-04-05T04:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/karamanlis-expected-to-say-he-will-not-run-in-next-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:41:47","slug":"karamanlis-expected-to-say-he-will-not-run-in-next-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/karamanlis-expected-to-say-he-will-not-run-in-next-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Karamanlis expected to say he will not run in next elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300167\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/karamanlis-1-320x200.jpg?v=1775299579\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/karamanlis-1.jpg?v=1775299579\" alt=\"Karamanlis expected to say he will not run in next elections\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/karamanlis-1-960x600.jpg?v=1775299579\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>New Democracy lawmaker and former transport minister Kostas A. Karamanlis is expected to announce Saturday that he will not be a candidate in the next general elections, Kathimerini understands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The MP from Serres is among the 11 lawmakers of the ruling party named in an investigation by European prosecutors into a massive farm subsidies scandal that was delivered to Parliament on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations involve alleged fraud in the distribution of European Union farm subsidies to political cronies through the now-defunct OPEKEPE state agency.<\/p>\n<p>Kathimerini reported that Karamanlis spoke on Friday with the prime minister\u2019s office on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>If he does not participate in the next elections it will be the first time since 1974 that no member of the Karamanlis political dynasty is in the Greek Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1300167\/karamanlis-expected-to-say-he-will-not-run-in-next-elections\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Democracy lawmaker and former transport minister Kostas A. 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