Kouloglou claims Kasselakis considered leaving politics, mulled media role after EU election results

Stelios Kouloglou, a former SYRIZA MEP, has claimed that main opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis considered leaving politics and even discussed a potential career change with a media executive following the party's poor performance in the June European Parliament elections.

"Immediately after the European elections, Mr Kasselakis was disappointed with the outcome, as he had anticipated a better result. At that time, he explored the possibility of retiring from politics or finding another job in case he was removed. He even spoke with a media businessman about potential opportunities for collaboration," Kouloglou, now a member of the SYRIZA splinter group New Left, told Attica TV in an interview.

Kouloglou, who has in the past worked as a journalist and documentary filmmaker, also claimed that Kasselakis, who married his American partner Tyler McBeth in Crete in...