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MP Evangelos Apostolakis announced on Thursday evening that he is leaving SYRIZA parliamentary group and will remain independent. Apostolakis, who had recently aligned himself with Stefanos Kasselakis, adopted criticisms against SYRIZA in his statement. He was elected on a list prepared by the party and not on voters’ cross and …

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MP Yiannis Sarakiotis, elected with SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in Fthiotida, sent a letter to the Parliament speaker on Thursday announcing that he leaves the party’s parliamentary group and goes independent. SYRIZA reportedly urged him to return his seat to the party. Sarakiotis did not vote for the new SYRIZA leader on …

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MP Sokratis Famellos has been elected the new leader of  SYRIZA party on Sunday. The election means a new page for the left-wing party that has suffered the loss of 18 lawmakers since the parliamentary elections in summer 2023 and lost its status of “Greece’s main opposition party” earlier this …

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Deposed SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis announced on Saturday his new party. Its’ name is “Movement for Democracy” (Kinima Dimokratias/Κίνημα Δημοκρατίας), a name it was voted in a poll by his supporters. The party is neither left or right, and it moves somewhere between Left and Center, Kasselakis said without specifying …

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A major and unusual change in the Greek parliamentary landscape. Left-wing SYRIZA has lost its “main opposition party” status as the second largest party after two MPs resigned on Thursday morning and the party has 29 seats in Parliament. Socialist PASOK is now Greece’s main opposition with 31 seats. The …

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A opinion poll published on Wednesday, November 13, has shown that ruling New Democracy leads over socialist PASOK to a single digit, with SYRIZA ranking fifth. The survey, conducted by Opinion Poll on behalf of Action24 TV, placed New Democracy at 23.7% and PASOK in second with 16.2%, a difference …

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Seventy-six members of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance’s Central Committee submitted their resignation to party secretary Rania Svigou on Tuesday, citing “undemocratic procedures” at both the recently held party congress and the party in general. The 76 also resigned their party membership as well. In a letter to Svigou, they said, among other …

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Just a few hours before the start of the congress of Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA, its deposed president hinted that he was about to form a new political party if he would not be allowed to be a delegate. “It is a shame what is happening in SYRIZA with the …

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The drama around Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA continues without break, confusing current and former supporters and voters ahead of the elections of a new leader. Yesterday, Wednesday, another organ of the party, the Political Secretariat shut the door to Stefanos Kasselakis, the deposed former leader who insists on bidding …

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In a session full of turmoil, sharp argumentation and boycott efforts, the members of the Central Committee of SYRIZA voted on Saturday against the candidacy of recently deposed leader Stefanos Kasselakis in the upcoming election for the party leadership. A total of 151 members were accredited during the meeting, 136 …

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With a video posted on social media, the deposed leader of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, announced his candidacy for the new leadership of Greece’s main opposition party scheduled to take place next month. “I’m Stefanos.That’s it. We were born people, not ex officio,” Kasselakis starts his 4-minute long video in which …

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The Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance discussed the process for electing the new party leader on Tuesday, after Stefanos Kasselakis was ousted with a vote on Sunday. The Secretariat proposed that the first round of internal elections be held on November 24, with a potential second round on December 1 …

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A majority of Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA Central Committee members voted on Sunday in favor of a censure motion against party leader Stefanos Kasselakis. Ιn favor of the censure motion voted 163 members of the Central Committee and 120 against. The CC has a total of  295, SYRIZa-affiliated newspaper …

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Ruling New Democracy remains the first party in voters’ preferences, however, it showed a significant drop, down to 22.2%, while main opposition SYRIZA suffered extensive losses bringing the party down to fifth ranking position, below PASOK, KKE and Greek Solution. According to the latest public opinion poll conducted by Interview …

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Controversial SYRIZA MP and former Deputy Health Minister Pavlos Polakis was expelled from the party’s parliamentary group on Thursday evening after a decision of Stefanos Kasselakis following an incident in parliament. Polakis was expelled apparently for “bullying’ an aide to Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis during a parliamentary debate on the …

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The sudden death of a historic newspaper of the Greek Left, of daily Avgi, was announced on Tuesday. The newspaper politically affiliated with SYRIZA and its predecessor will operate only as Sunday newspaper. The decision was announced to Avgi employees by the Board of Directors of the company that publishes …

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Initial results from Sunday’s ballots for the European Parliament show that none of the big three parties in Greece have reached their stated goals. By 86.84% of the votes counted, ruling New Democracy missed its target of 33%, main opposition SYRIZA its goal of over 20% and PASOK missed its …

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From the podium of the Greek Parliament and during a Live Streaming, Kyriakos Velopoulos, the leader of nationalist party Ελληνική Λύση (Greek Solution) tore the Prespa Agreement, that is a copy of the version as published in the Official Gazette. Seeking 5 minutes of publicity ahead of the upcoming European …

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Authorities in Volos detained a 13-year-old boy child for the homophobic verbal attack against SYRIZA leader, Stefanos Kasselakis. Kasselakis was delivering a speech in the city in central Greece on Sunday, when a voice was heard shouting at him “fa***t”. The SYRIZA leader replied calmly saying “Be well, come and …

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SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has removed a journalist and TV panelist from the party’s list of candidates for the European elections after controversial statements regarding abused women. The removal came after an uproar not only by the society but also from other candidates and SYRIZa members. Candidate Dimitris Papanotas, a …

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