SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance

With a difference of 58 days—on October 13 and December 1—PASOK and SYRIZA will elect their leadership.

SYRIZA is making a dynamic appearance, with nearly the entire Political Secretariat and most MPs from the main opposition attending the morning meeting with the management of the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) HELEXPO.

With 17 votes in favor, one against from Theodora Tzakri, and Olympia Teligioridou absent, the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance reaffirmed the Central Committee’s decision to remove Stefanos Kasselakis from his role as party president.

SYRIZA’s top officials are set to face the new reality following Stefanos Kasselakis’s removal from the leadership of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, as the Political Secretariat meets today at 4 p.m. Tensions remain high within the party.

A recent resignation and the next five successors are shaping the internal dynamics within SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, following the decision of Harvard Professor and head of the party’s Statewide ballot, Othon Iliopoulos, to forgo his parliamentary seat.

Political interest is focused on the internal developments within the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, as the resignation of Othon Iliopoulos from his position as a member of the main opposition’s parliamentary list, though anticipated for months, has nonetheless shaken the August calm among party officials and members.

The recent economic proposals announced by main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance and its leader Stefanos Kasselakis would come at "a huge economic cost" and are "entirely uncosted and without planning, or even checked for compatibility with European laws," according to a joint announcement released by Deputy National Economy and Finance Ministers Harry Theoharis and Thanos Petralias on Fr

SYRIZA lawmaker Othon Iliopoulos on Thursday refuted rumors that he was planning to give up his seat in Parliament due to his professional obligations.

SYRIZA MP and former minister Olga Gerovasili has announced her candidacy for the leadership of the party, challenging leader Stefanos Kasselakis.

"To the president's challenge, I reply: present. As a candidate for the leadership of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance," Gerovasili said Saturday evening at the party congress.

Yannis Dragasakis, who served as deputy prime minister in Alexis Tsipras' government, has resigned from the central committee of SYRIZA.