Constitutional revision: second vote on 16/9

The second vote in Parliament on the constitutional revision has been scheduled for Wednesday, 16 September 2026, according to a report by «TO VIMA». It will be a roll-call vote, meaning each MP will be recorded by name as in favour or against, rather than by a show of hands or voice vote. As the same source reports, at this particular stage of the process 180 votes in favour are required for an article to proceed to revision, rather than the simple majority of 151 seats that applies in many other parliamentary decisions. The same fact is confirmed by «Eleftheros Typos», in a separate report on the same date, with the two sources not differing on the basic elements of the process.

The vote of 16 September determines which articles of the Constitution will ultimately be put forward for revision by the next Parliament, as «TO VIMA» notes. The process of constitutional revision in Greece begins with the sitting Parliament and is completed by the next one, in two distinct stages that span a length of time and presuppose intervening elections. In general terms, the required majority thresholds differ between these two stages, which explains why the threshold of 180 votes differs from the simple majority that applies in other parliamentary procedures. The logic of this staged mechanism is to capture broader parliamentary consensus before a proposal moves to the next stage.

«TO VIMA» and «Eleftheros Typos» confirm the scheduling of the vote for 16 September, without, however, providing details on the content of the revision, that is, which specific articles are proposed to be opened for revision. Neither of the two sources reports, at this stage, party positions, the number of MPs per party, or predictions for the outcome of the vote. The roll-call procedure, by its nature, allows the public recording of each MP’s vote, which distinguishes it from simpler procedures for approving bills in the plenary.

Until 16 September 2026, attention turns to the roll-call voting process itself and to whether the required threshold of 180 votes will be reached. The two reports do not clarify in detail the counting procedure, nor any subsequent parliamentary steps after the vote, nor the exact number of articles being put forward for consideration. There is also no mention of a possible postponement or of other factors that could affect the outcome. The development is expected to become clearer once the vote in Parliament is completed. Neither «TO VIMA» nor «Eleftheros Typos» specify whether other parliamentary procedures will precede 16 September, nor whether a related debate has been scheduled in the plenary in the preceding days.