Nikos Pappas

The future of SYRIZA as the main opposition party is uncertain as its parliamentary group faces a potential collapse.

SYRIZA circles from Koumoundourou accuse a plot of “defection” and a conspiracy aimed at removing SYRIZA from the main opposition.

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.

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.

The grand military parade marked the conclusion of today’s celebrations for the triple commemoration of Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, the anniversary of Thessaloniki’s liberation, and the national anniversary of October 28, 1940.

In “Dangerous Liaisons” by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (a successful film by Stephen Frears), a bet of romantic seduction between the Marquise de Merteuil and the Viscount de Valmont evolves into an extremely dangerous situation for those who unintentionally become part of a game they did not understand.

Greetings, so what Mitsotakis is doing now with Nikos Pappas is wrong because Nikos is no longer with Kasselakis, who isn’t even the leader of SYRIZA anymore (the one who appointed him as the party’s representative in Parliament). And he won’t become one again because, quite simply, today it will be decided by the Priesthood (as the lyricist says) that he can’t be a candidate.

The Prime Minister took up the challenge posed by PASOK’s re-elected leader, who told him that he would open the exit door from Maximos Mansion. Mitsotakis refused to recognize Nikos Pappas as the leader of SYRIZA, noting that Pappas had been convicted 13-0.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a pointed political statement during a parliamentary session on the country's wildfire response on Wednesday, walking out as main opposition SYRIZA's parliamentary leader Nikos Pappas began his speech.

Mitsotakis returned when PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis took the floor, signaling a shift in his political focus.

The rift between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and former New Democracy leader and prime minister Antonis Samaras, who served from 2012 to 2015, deepened on Wednesday.