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Former Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras has been expelled from the parliamentary group of the ruling New Democracy party, which he once led, according to an announcement issued by government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis on Saturday.

For a long time, New Democracy (ND) followed a strategy of not engaging directly with parties to its right, such as Kyriakos Velopoulos’ Greek Solution. However, this approach changed recently regarding Afroditi Latinopoulou, leader of the “Voice of Reason” party, after she criticized Kyriakos Mitsotakis for having a “leftist soul” and claimed to represent the “true ND.” Latinopoulou had previously aligned herself with former ND prime ministers Samaras and Karamanlis, fueling speculation about her political aspirations.

New Democracy still remains the dominant political force in Greece, as its percentage in the European elections was higher than the total of the second and the third parties, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg TV.