PASOK MEP

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.

The urgent need for investment in artificial intelligence and new technologies for the prevention of fires, PASOK MEP Sakis Arnaoutoglou stressed in a statement, on the occasion of the latest fires in Parnitha, Keratea and other parts of Greece, and called on the government and the competent bodies to take initiatives in this direction.

Article by the PASOK MEP to protothema.gr.

PASOK MEP Nikos Papandreou has entered the ongoing debate about the future of the socialist party's leadership following disappointing results in the recent European elections. 

Since the last European elections in 2019, 163 complaints have been lodged against MEPs for workplace harassment, fraud, nepotism, financing and, even espionage for Russia, according to Belgian newspaper La Libre in February.

Of the 21 Greek MEPs, at least five have dealt with the justice system and were investigated for criminal and non-criminal offenses.

If reelected, the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will reportedly seek the return of lists for European elections.

A list election is one in which eligible voters within a specific constituency vote for a list or lists of candidates. This differs from candidate elections, in which voters can only vote for individual candidates. 

Greece's new center-left grouping, Movement for Change, has unveiled its political council, which is the first element of the new party's structure and its key decision-making body.