An experienced conservative MP is sworn in as the new President of Greece

The new President of Greece takes oath next to the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ironimos during the ceremony at the ceremony in Parliament on Constintine Tassole, Right, Athens, Greece, Greece, Thursday, 13 March 2025. (AP)

Athens: experienced orthodox legalist Condabus On Thursday, the sworn was taken as the new President of Greece, as the government was struggling with public anger on a deadly rail disaster two years ago.
The 65 -year -old lawyer and former parliamentary president will perform a five -year term in a large extent formal role. he succeeds Katerina SouleropoluA retired senior judge and the first woman to take over.
A stallwart is a departure from the tradition of demanding a cross-party consensus for the presidency in the election of Conservative, Tassolus.
The Center-Hal-rights government is still dealing with a decline with a 2023 rail collision, killing 57 people, causing an attack on alleged reduction of political accountability and mass protests.
At Thursday’s celebrations, the President’s guard slowed down a temporary monument outside Parliament in plead kilns, red caps, and billing shirts. A tribute to candles and flowers, the names of the victims, were scattered in red.
After his election last month, Tasolas promised to promote national unity.
He said, “Greece should further increase its international level, striving for progress and trust,” he said. “I believe that these goals are widely shared.”
Despite maintaining a lead in public opinion surveys, Prime Minister Kiriyakos Mitsotakis has seen a dip in his approval rating in recent weeks. He is creating a cabinet reshuffle in an attempt to restore public confidence, as the survey indicates that his government is losing support to far-flung parties.
A small leftist party, the syllabus for freedom, the government boycotted Thursday’s swearing -in ceremony to protest against the railway disaster dealing with.