Tsipras Institute

The morale of the members of the “87” group within the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance has been uplifted due to the high turnout at Tsipras’s event at the Piraeus Municipal Theater on the economy and inflation, which occurred just before the intense internal party battle for the election of delegates and the organization of the extraordinary Congress.

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.

Twenty days of undeclared, underground warfare passed between the night of the European elections and yesterday morning, leading to the open conflict between the President of SYRIZA PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, and his predecessor, bringing the unity of SYRIZA PS into crisis.