{"id":4767,"date":"2025-03-12T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/dora-bakoyannis-not-surprised-by-samaras-criticism-of-the-government\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:52:27","slug":"dora-bakoyannis-not-surprised-by-samaras-criticism-of-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/dora-bakoyannis-not-surprised-by-samaras-criticism-of-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Dora Bakoyannis \u2018not surprised\u2019 by Samaras\u2019 criticism of the government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263869\">\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\/2025\/03\/dora_bakoyannis_web-1-320x200.jpg?v=1741775718\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dora_bakoyannis_web-1.jpg?v=1741775717\" alt=\"Dora Bakoyannis \u2018not surprised\u2019 by Samaras\u2019 criticism of the government\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dora_bakoyannis_web-1.jpg?v=1741775717\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"250\">New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis, who is also the sister of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, commented on former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\u2019 speech in Parliament during the no-confidence debate in an interview with SKAI on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"392\">Samaras, a former New Democracy leader and MP who was expelled from the party in November, sharply criticized the government\u2019s handling of the Tempe case, a move that Bakoyannis said was not surprising.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"601\">\u201cThis is Mr. Samaras. It\u2019s not the first time he has made such criticism or turned against the party. Did we make mistakes? Yes, we made mistakes. We didn\u2019t need Mr. Samaras to tell us that,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"73\">The Mitsotakis family shares a long and turbulent history with Samaras.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"300\">In 1992, while serving as a New Democracy MP, Samaras\u2014along with other lawmakers\u2014withdrew his support from Bakoyannis\u2019 father, then-Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis, leading to the collapse of his government.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"1020\">Samaras went on to form his own party, Political Spring, before eventually returning to New Democracy in 2004.<\/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\/1263869\/dora-bakoyannis-not-surprised-by-samaras-criticism-of-the-government\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis, who is also the sister of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, commented on former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\u2019 speech in Parliament during the no-confidence debate in an interview with SKAI on Wednesday morning. 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