Alexis Tsipras

The internal crisis within the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance seems to have reached a new stage in the heart of Pagrati.

A number of Greek political figures have taken to social media to welcome Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.

Panos Kammenos, the former leader of Independent Greeks which formed a government coalition with leftist SYRIZA from 2015 to 2019, tweeted "Make Greece great again," in a clear reference to Trump's election slogan.

A new round of fierce intra-party showdown is expected to spark a new round of fierce intra-party showdown at today’s meeting of the Central Conference of the Organising Committee (CEC) at 7 pm, as it is expected to examine the massive complaints allegedly filed regarding irregularities in the election process for the election of the Constituents in Syriza Prog

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.

In an in-depth interview on Smile Again with Sissy Christidou, former SYRIZA President Stefanos Kasselakis shared his thoughts on the state of the party, its direction, and the challenges facing SYRIZA amidst internal tensions.

Poverty is no longer due to unemployment, as was the case in the past. It has become a structural element of the functioning of the Greek economy, an economy that massively produces the new poor - people with jobs who earn meager wages.

The financial difficulties of a large part of the population came to the fore again on the occasion of two surveys presented at a recent event at the Alexis Tsipras Institute. One, by pollsters Metron Analysis, shows that hopelessness about the present (many are struggling to make ends meet) and pessimism about the future (many are planning to cut spending, even on essentials) are taking over.

Former leftist prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday criticized the purported erosion of the rule of law in Greece under the conservative New Democracy government, accusing judicial authorities of failing to investigate or even covering up several high-profile cases.

Alexis Tsipras’ speech at the Parliament’s Council of Europe event sparked reactions and comments, especially as he alluded to a possible “return” in a cryptic manner.

“Even if the conference decides to cancel the vote of no confidence and that I must remain president, we will go ahead with elections to eliminate any doubt about what the base wants,” said Stefanos Kasselakis in an interview with ANT1.