Main opposition party SYRIZA lost one more seat in the Parliament after Magnisia MP Katerina Papanatsiou resigned from the party on Monday. The party has now 35 seats in a Parliament of 300 in total. She justified her decision citing disagreements with the party’s new leadership. Decrying SYRIZA’s “gradual mutation” …
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SYRIZA is falling apart after 9 more MPs leave the left-wing party
Νine lawmakers of left-wing SYRIZA announced on Thursday morning that they break way from Greece’s main opposition party seeking to form their own parliamentary group. Early aftenoon, also MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis announced his departure from the party. The fraction led by former Labor Minister Effie Achtsioglou, known as “6+6,” is …
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Kasselakis’ dream: “Return to old, tidy Greece with clean homes”
“Τhe new I bring is the return to the old, tidy Greece. In Greece, where the homemaker kept his house clean, followed the rules, the laws, was interested in his neighbor.” This was said by Stefanos Kasselakis, leader of main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA. “I have the will, I have …
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Bishop of Piraeus claims homosexuality causes cancer, lashes out at SYRIZA leader
“The physical practice of homosexuality is scientifically blamed for five forms of cancer,” the Bishop of Piraeus, Seraphim, claimed in an article where he also lashed out at the leader of left-wing SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis. “Kasselakis publicly boasts as a role model with the unfortunate young man [Tyler] he calls …
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Poll: PASOK ahead of main opposition SYRIZA
A survey conducted by Opinion Poll on behalf of Action 24 TV showed that center-left PASOK would come second if elections were held today, overtaking main opposition SYRIZA. In the category of voting intention, ruling New Democracy got 31.1%, ahead of PASOK on 12.9%, with leftist SYRIZA in third place …
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SYRIZA on fire as leader Kasselakis seeks “referendum” to expel members
Leader of main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Stefanos Kasselakis, announced on Friday a “referendum” in which grassroot members will decide whether four party members should be ousted from the party. In his post on social media, he addressed the “Greek people” and the “large majority in the country who want an …
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Former Ministers signal departure from SYRIZA
Former SYRIZA minister Giorgos Stathakis has signaled his departure from the main opposition party, leveling accusations against the new party leader Stefanos Kasselakis and his close circle of advisors for their “anti-leftist hysteria.” In an op-ed published on the News24/7 website on Wednesday, titled “Bidding farewell to a SYRIZA that …
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“I aspire to be the next prime minister for all Greeks,” says Kasselakis
“I aspire to be the next prime minister of the country for all Greeks – domestically and internationally – but my faith is above all in the people who embraced me and propelled me,” Stefanos Kasselakis, the leader of main opposition, left-wing SYRIZA said speaking at the 27th Annual Economist Government …
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Poll: SYRIZA keeps losing in voters’ preference, new leader not the solution
A recent public opinion poll has showed that main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA keeps falling in voters’ preference to levels below the 18% of the summer elections. One of the reasons is that the new leader Stefanos Kasselakis has turned into a rather a-politic life-style figure, while the open “civil …
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Homophobic rant by Volos Mayor against SYRIZA leader (video)
Supreme Court Prosecutor launched an investigation into the homophobic remarks made by the re-elected Mayor of Volos, Achilleas Beos, against Stefanos Kasselakis, the leader of Greece’s main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA. After securing re-election with 55.02% on Sunday, Beos addressed his supporters with vulgar remarks against Kasselakis and thus live …
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First public opinion poll after Kasselakis wins SYRIZA leadership
The first nationwide public opinion poll after Stefanos Kasselakis won the leadership of main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA was published on Wednesday evening. Conducted by Opinion Poll on behalf of Action24 TV showed that ruling party New Democrasy is losing in the preference of respondents, who were also not particularly …
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PM Mitsotakis congratulates new SYRIZA leader
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday reached out to Stefanos Kasselakis to extend his congratulations on becoming the new leader of the SYRIZA left opposition. According to sources, Mitsotakis invited Kasselakis for a meeting in the coming days. In comments made earlier on Monday, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis expressed his …
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Apolitical Stefanos Kasselakis is the new leader of left-wing SYRIZA
Stefanos Kasselakis won the leadership of left-wing SYRIZA with 56.91% of the elections votes on Sunday. The new leader of Greece’ main opposition party will not be able to represent the party in the parliament, though, as he did not manage to get elected in the parliamentary elections in July …
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Kasselakis under fire for calling Turkish-occupied entity on Cyprus “their statelet”
SYRIZA leadership race frontrunner Stefanos Kasselakis has come under fire for calling the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus “their statelet.” He used the controversial term when speaking to the media in the western Attica town of Egaleo after a political event late on Thursday. When prompted by a journalist, he …
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The phenomenon “Kasselakis”: Captain America for PM of Greece?
He is young, just 35 year old. And good looking: tall, well-built, with perfectly shining teeth and a bright, innocent looking smile. He looks at you straight with his blue eyes. Stefanos Kasselakis, the aspiring leader of left-wing SYRIZA, came out of the blue, from the other side of the …
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Kasselakis, Achtsioglou finalists for SYRIZA leadership
Stefanos Kasselakis and Effie Achtsioglou emerged as the two winners in the first round of leadership elections of the main opposition, left-wing SYRIZA yesterday, Sunday. With 99% of the votes counted, Stefanos Kasselakis leads with 45%, followed by Achtsioglou (36.2%), Nikos Pappas (8.8%), Euclid Tsakalotos (8.7%) and Stefanos Tzoumakas (1.29%). …
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Achtsioglou announces her candidacy for SYRIZA leadership
Effie Achtsioglou on Wednesday announced her decision to run as a candidate for the leadership of main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, ahead of the party’s Central Committee meeting at the weekend. 38-year-old Achtsioglou , a lawyer, made her announcement in the Colonnade of the Athens Conservatoire on Rigillis Street. “We are …
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Alexis Tsipras resigns as SYRIZA leader. What’s next? (Op-Ed)
In an unexpected move but not a surprised one after the crushing defeat on the June 25 elections, Alexis Tsipras announced on Thursday noon that he resigns as leader of left-wing SYRIZA. He will not be a candidate in elections for the new party leadership, he added. This decision was …
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SYRIZA, PASOK turn down government mandate, paving way for 2nd elections round
After elections winner New Democracy, also the two leaders of the second and third winner parties in May 21 elections, SYRIZA and PASOK/KINAL, turned down on Tuesday the exploratory mandate to form a coalition government. They have paved the way for the second round of elections. Leader of left-wing SYRIZA …
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Greek pollsters claim wrong “polls” due to SYRIZA pressure
For one more time. Greek pollsters failed to catch the voters’ pulse ahead of general elections on May 21 and did not come even close to the 21% difference between ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA. In an effort to justify the unjustifiable, that is they “misled clients and …
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