Pavlos Geroulanos

Doukas-Androulakis derby in the PASOK elections shows a poll by Interview for the website politic.gr, while in Syrrizas both its voters and other respondents seem to choose the re-election of Stefanos Kasselakis.

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority has said it is examining allegations that a candidate in the forthcoming PASOK leadership election, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, sent unsolicited electronic messages to potential voters.

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

The six PASOK leadership candidates presented their positions, political priorities, and their programmatic plan for the “next day” in the Melina Mercouri Hall at the Peace and Friendship Stadium.

The deadline for submitting the required signatures by PASOK leadership candidates is tonight at 9 PM. The Ethics Committee will review the lists and determine which candidates meet the necessary criteria.

Opposition party PASOK will hold two debates as part of its leadership contest.

Party spokesman Thanasis Glavinas said the debates will take place "both before the first round and before the second round of the internal party elections."

A poll released on Tuesday showed the ruling New Democracy (ND) maintaining a strong lead over the main opposition parties SYRIZA and PASOK.

Three months after the European elections, the main shift in voter attitudes is related to the crisis within SYRIZA, which has reduced its voting intention to a marginal single-digit figure for the main opposition party.

This year’s anniversary coincides with the final stretch leading up to the key leadership election. Former PASOK Presidents, Kostas Simitis, George Papandreou, and Evangelos Venizelos, will deliver greetings. Founding members who signed the September 3, 1974 declaration will be honored.

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its establishment by late prime minister Andreas Papandreou on Tuesday, as it heads into a leadership race that will determine its way forward.