PASOK – Movement for Change

The socialist PASOK party on Monday announced a nine-member coordinating committee to join recently re-elected party leader Nikos Androulakis in key posts. 

The committee line-up includes Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, who was defeated in the runoff eight days ago, as well as Pavlos Yeroulanos, placed third in the first round, and long-serving party member Anna Diamantopoulou. 

In recent days, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has drawn clear lines between New Democracy and the right-wing opposition.

Nikos Androulakis has scheduled a reshuffling of forces within the parliamentary group and the establishment of a Political Headquarters at Harilaou Trikoupi for early next week. This will involve not only some members of the younger generation but also his three competitors from the recent leadership election.

Nikos Androulakis was reelected as PASOK leader after defeating challenger Haris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, in a runoff on Sunday, securing nearly 60 percent of the vote.

Meanwhile, SYRIZA's central committee, in a heated meeting filled with tension and verbal clashes, voted to bar recently ousted leader Stefanos Kasselakis from running in the party's upcoming leadership contest.

Nikos Androulakis promises to proceed with immediate initiatives for change and the composition of forces within PASOK, attempting to capitalise on the momentum of his re-election to the leadership and address a wider audience, with the aim of upgrading the party’s role in the political scene.

Nikos Androulakis celebrated his reelection as PASOK leader on Sunday, delivering a message of unity and vowing to end the conservative New Democracy party's grip on power.

"Today, there are no winners or losers. The tough times for PASOK are behind us, and the best is yet to come," Androulakis declared after defeating his rival, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, in the runoff.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reached out to newly re-elected PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, congratulating him on his victory and suggesting they meet soon. The conversation signals a potential upcoming face-to-face meeting.

Mitsotakis Congratulates Androulakis on His Re-election

Nikos Androulakis was re-elected as the president of PASOK, winning decisively in the second round of the elections with 59.92% against Haris Doukas, confirming his dominance within the party. He received 126,222 votes – fewer than the 139,000 he garnered in the 2021 elections, where he defeated George Papandreou.

The two contenders in the second round of PASOK's leadership election, current president Nikos Androulakis and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, cast their votes in Athens on Sunday and made brief statements.

At 7 a.m. the polls opened for the second round of the internal elections in PASOK-Ministry of Change, for the election of the party’s president, in which the current president Nikos Androulakis, and the mayor of Athens, Haris Dukas, are facing off.