PASOK MEP Nikos Papandreou endorses Pavlos Geroulanos in leadership contest

PASOK MEP Nikos Papandreou announced on Wednesday his support for Pavlos Geroulanos, a former culture minister, in the upcoming leadership contest.

"If the members and friends of the party decide to give him this historic opportunity, I believe he can use it to benefit the party and society," said Papandreou.

Geroulanos previously participated in the 2021 leadership race for the party, then known as Movement for Change (KINAL), which was eventually won by incumbent president Nikos Androulakis.

PASOK's third-place finish in the June European Parliament elections has sparked renewed navel-gazing within the once-dominant socialist party. The MEP, who is the brother of former prime minister George Papandreou, was one of the first to question Androulakis after PASOK's lukewarm performance.

The upcoming leadership election is scheduled for October 6, with a...