Giannis Sarakiotis
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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SYRIZA: Today the departure of Sarakiotis – Enlargement moves with Tebonera, Kotzias and in the background…surprises
From the very first days of his presence at the helm of Koumoundourou, the new party chairman, Socrates Famellos, has been moving towards a “reliable and large SYRIZA“, as his contacts and meetings with MPs and executives inside and outside the party’s walls have been successive in recent hours.
Angela and her Alexis, Chrysochoidis’ road, an MP’s drama, the battle of Lavrio, and where Elpedison is heading
Hello, today I want to focus on two books from which I managed to read excerpts and found quite interesting. The first is the memoir of Merkel, including everything she says about us—Greece. During her tenure, we went back and forth—figuratively and literally—within and outside of Europe, and endured the hardships of the bailout programs. I read the Greek excerpts with great attention.
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.
The green storm, the ex with the Porsche counting down, twice… Lygoura, the Polakis-Famelos battle, and the Imola of Piraeus Bank
Hello, the main topic of yesterday, at least in politics, is PASOK’s ascent to the position of Official Opposition after almost 15 years, albeit through a convoluted path, with plenty of drama and four splits within SYRIZA. Cause for celebration for the historic center-left party?
Alexandros Avlonitis, Kyriaki Malama, and Rallia Christidou leave SYRIZA’s parliamentary group – Sent a letter to Tasoulas
SYRIZA’s parliamentary group has been reduced to a critical number of 31 members, with Alexandros Avlonitis, Kyriaki Malama, and Rallia Christidou formally announcing their decision to become independent MPs.
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 elections: Decisive 65%-35% victory amid confusion, Kasselakis’s influence in question
With conflicting results to the end and in an episodic manner, the election of Syriza’s Syriza Progressive Alliance’s first, powerful internal party crash test, as the majority and “Casselistas” faced off in the most decisive ballot box since that of Alexis Tsipras’s succession in September 2023.
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.