Left Party

Veteran conservative MP Nikitas Kaklamanis has been elected as the new speaker of Parliament with 247 votes. Out of 297 MPs who participated in the vote, 50 chose to vote "present."

Elon Musk has entered Germany's political arena by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, marking another global political intervention from the billionaire entrepreneur. Musk, a prominent supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, shared a video on social media on Friday from right-wing activist Naomi Seibt, calling the AfD the only party capable of saving Germany.

The newly-formed New Left party is gearing up for its inaugural congress, set to take place Thursday at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliro.

The party, a SYRIZA offshoot created after Stefanos Kasselakis assumed control of the main opposition party last September, over the weekend elected over 1,400 delegates through local organizations across Greece and abroad.

The recent success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in regional elections in Thuringia and their significant gain of over 30% in Saxony is causing considerable concern and backlash at the national level. Meanwhile, the governing coalition parties (SPD, Greens, and FDP) appear to have suffered significant losses.

Opposition parties slammed the Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday in the eavesdropping case, which concluded that no state officials from the National Intelligence Service (EYP) were involved in the use or acquisition of illegal Predator spyware.

Swedish lawmakers vote Tuesday on a controversial defense deal with the United States, which critics fear could lead to the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent U.S. bases on Swedish soil.

The Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is a major step for a country that in March ended two centuries of neutrality to join NATO.

Amid the Gaza crisis, Alexis Haritsis, president of Greece's New Left Party, calls for urgent action, declaring, "The eyes of the world are on martyrized Rafah."

He demands a parliamentary debate on Palestinian recognition, accusing Israel's government of genocide and labeling Greece's silence as complicity, insisting, "Greece must stand on the right side of history."

New Left Party leader Alexis Haritsis visited the Hellenic Train engine room in the Attica suburb of Rentis on Wednesday to discuss railway service conditions with employers amid the ongoing investigation into the Tempe rail crash. 

The collision in February 2023 resulted in the loss of 57 lives and left numerous others injured. 

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has announced the unconfirmed results of Türkiye's local elections held on March 31, revealing the participation rate standing at 78 percent.

Euclid Tsakalotos, the former finance minister and one of the 11 MPs who bolted from SYRIZA to create the New Left party, said former leader Alexis Tsipras needed to make his own self-criticism.