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Evangelos Apostolakis exits SYRIZA: Behind the decision, Koumoundourou’s reactions, and Tsipras’ response
A major disruption within the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance was triggered by the news of Eyaggelos Apostolakis’ decision to leave the party. The admiral’s move took both the party’s new chairman, Socrates Famellos, and the natural leader of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, by surprise, as he announced his intentions late yesterday afternoon.
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New president of SYRIZA is Sokratis Famelos with 50.1% with more that 35,000 votes (updated)
The new leader of SYRIZA
Sokratis Famelos, according to the biography on his website, was born in 1966 in Athens, but grew up and has lived in Thessaloniki since 1970.
Samaras: “They are abandoning him from all sides, just hours before his second expulsion from the ND”
The “abandonment” of Antonis Samaras is spreading, just hours before the ND Disciplinary Board meeting, which is expected to confirm his second expulsion from the governing party.
SYRIZA: A Turning point as main opposition role hangs in the balance – Legal challenges, resignations, and strategic maneuvers
The future of SYRIZA as the main opposition party is uncertain as its parliamentary group faces a potential collapse.
SYRIZA: Accuses of conspiracy and defection – “They want to remove us from main opposition”
SYRIZA circles from Koumoundourou accuse a plot of “defection” and a conspiracy aimed at removing SYRIZA from the main opposition.
SYRIZA: The new split and tectonic changes in Parliament – A 31-31 tie with PASOK, but more to come
Tectonic changes in political and parliamentary balances are being caused by SYRIZA‘s new split, which now directly threatens to strip it of its status as the main opposition party.
Kasselakis to announce new party today – “We’re launching an independent, groundbreaking, progressive movement,” He told Kasselistas
Following a dramatic three-hour SYRIZA congress, the internal conflict dubbed “87 vs. Kasselakis” culminated late Friday night. Today, Kasselakis is set to unveil a new “movement,” which he described as an independent and progressive party.
Parliament: A “patchwork” of ten parliamentary groups – What’s happening with the electoral law and the 4-5% threshold
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SYRIZA: New casus belli with Kasselakis’ faction – Thoughts of his expulsion resurface, what the Kasselakists say
Yesterday, the former president of the party, Stefanos Kasselakis, unexpectedly plunged the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance into a new crisis.
SYRIZA: “Plan B” being prepared by “Kasselistas” – The conference, and criticism leveled against Tsipras
In his first reaction following the rejection of his candidacy for the presidency of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Stefanos Kasselakis, aiming for maximum mobilization of his supporters, called them to organizational readiness within the party’s Member Organizations, ahead of the upcoming conference.