Former prime minister Antonis Samaras has held a meeting with US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, the diplomat said in a post on social media.
“In my role as United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, I’m committed to engaging with key figures from across Greece’s political spectrum. I recently had an excellent meeting with former Prime Minister Samaras to discuss US-Greece ties,” Guilfoyle wrote.
Samaras, a veteran Greek politician who served as prime minister from 2012 to 2015, was expelled from the ruling New Democracy party in November 2024 following repeated public criticism of government policy. Since then, he has increasingly positioned himself as a vocal critic of his former party’s leadership.
He is widely expected to announce the formation of a new political party in the coming days, a development that could further fragment Greece’s right-wing political space.
ANTONIS SAMARAS US POLITICS DIPLOMACY
