Movement for Change is 'committing political suicide,' says Venizelos

Socialist veteran Evangelos Venizelos accused Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi Gennimata of committing political suicide by playing into the hands of New Democracy and denied rumors that he was eyeing some form of cooperation with the center-right opposition.

Speaking on Skai TV on Monday night after resigning from KINAL ahead of the second round of local and regional elections over the weekend and after the center-left coalition shot to third place in May's European polls, Venizelos expressed his "profound sadness" at the development, saying it inflicted a "deep wound" on the party. "I hope the damage is not irreparable," he said.

Venizelos, a member of KINAL pillar PASOK for nearly three decades and a minister in two governments during the crisis - including that of finance when Greece implemented a highly unpopular debt restructuring scheme by swapping...