Stefanos Kasselakis

In a video posted on social media on Thursday, SYRIZA President Stefanos Kasselakis extends New Year wishes from Houston, Texas, US. 

Joined by his spouse Tyler Macbeth and nieces, Theodoris and Isabella, Kasselakis, in an intimate family moment, expresses gratitude for Saint Stephen's name day wishes and pledges to be worthy of trust to his supporters. 

The saying of the late conservative leader Evangelos Averoff is well-known and validated by history. There are few exceptions that confirm the rule: When the sheep leaves the pen, the wolf devours it. I won't dwell on specific examples.

Stefanos Kasselakis may assert confidently that SYRIZA will finish first in the upcoming European Parliament elections; however, polling data suggest that the conservative New Democracy party continues to dominate the country's political scene as shaped after the parliamentary elections.

The 11 MPs who defected from SYRIZA are set to reveal their parliamentary group on Monday. Comprising members from the "Umbrella" and "6+6" factions that broke away from the main opposition, the group will be led by the widely respected former economy and interior minister Alexis Charitsis.

SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis addressed the first assembly of his party's parliamentary group on Thursday after the recent departure of eleven MPs, held at Parliament's Senate Hall.

"Truth is on our side, and in due time we shall be vindicated," noted the main opposition party leader.

SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis on Wednesday marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a UN-organized observance, emphasizing the urgency of addressing the ongoing crisis in the Mideast region. 

Stefanos Kasselakis, the leader of Greece's main leftist opposition, on Friday laid a wreath at the memorial on the grounds of the former Military Police Special Interrogation Unit (EAT/ESA) to commemorate the 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising. He was joined by a delegation from his SYRIZA party.

The new leader of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, attacked his critics within the main opposition in a late Thursday interview on Antenna TV, expressing his ambition to "build a large progressive party that spans from the radical Left to the progressive center."

Since 2015, when he came to power with leftist SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras is said to have maintained a neutral stance twice: The first was when he announced a referendum in June 2015. It was a political decision he made himself. Supposedly, as prime minister, he should have followed a neutral stance. Supposedly.

Alexis Tsipras, the former leader of SYRIZA, expressed his concern about the deep divisions within the leftist party following the election of Stefanos Kasselakis in a meeting with him on Wednesday, sources close to the former prime minister said.