Kasselakis calls for ‘convergence,’ not full-scale alliance among center-left parties

Opposition SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has acknowledged the necessity of cooperation among Greece's center-left parties while ruling out a full-scale alliance. 

"No one disputes the need for convergence. However, this must be conducted transparently, in full view of progressive voters, and with respect for the autonomy of existing groups," Kasselakis told the central committee of the leftist party on Saturday.

"To negotiate any agreement behind closed doors with other parties solely to increase our share of the vote would, in my view, be unethical. Moreover, such an agreement would not only lack ethics but also prove ineffective," he said, stressing that the political product of such a pact would be "absurd."

"Alliances formed merely by sticking together have never succeeded in defeating a ruling party, no matter how corrupt [the party] may be," he said,...