- 4d ago
SYRIZA press secretary says only parliamentary group can readmit expelled MPs, after central committee tensions
Christos Giannoulis pushed back against a Central Committee decision on Saturday, insisting that only the president and the parliamentary group can reinstate a dismissed lawmaker.
- 4d ago
Greece's Gerapetritis calls Turkish casus belli 'huge burden', says Athens not a spectator after NATO summit
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, in an ERT interview on 12 July, called Turkey's casus belli a 'huge burden' and incompatible with its international security role, while defending Greece's arms programs and dialogue with Ankara after the NATO summit.
- 6d ago
Mitsotakis announces 10-cent petrol cut until August after fiery Greek parliament clash over living costs
A parliamentary showdown over the cost-of-living crisis produced an immediate oil-price intervention and sharp personal attacks, with the Prime Minister promising cuts at the pump until the end of August.
- 6d ago
SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos resigns, party splits into two camps ahead of Central Committee showdown
Sokratis Famellos stepped down as president of Greece's main opposition party on Thursday evening, preempting a no-confidence vote and triggering an open power struggle between rival factions led by Pavlos Polakis and Nikos Pappas.
- 6d ago
New Democracy holds 13-point lead over Tsipras's ELAS, but gap narrows as 46% of Greeks want elections in 2026
A Pulse poll for SKAI shows ruling New Democracy at 30% in vote estimate, 13 points ahead of Alexis Tsipras's Greek Left Coalition (ELAS), which rose to 17%. Nearly half of respondents want national elections this year.
- Jul 9
Tsipras coins 'Adonism' to attack Mitsotakis, jokes about sending flowers to Georgiadis
At a party event in Peristeri, Alexis Tsipras responded to Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis's attacks by coining the term 'Adonism' to describe a political philosophy he says is orchestrated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He also joked he would send flowers to Georgiadis, claiming each insult boosts his poll numbers by one point.
- Jul 9
Tsipras launches 'adonismos' attack at Peristeri rally, says Georgiadis insults boost his poll numbers
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras held the second 'Now We Talk' open dialogue event in Peristeri, attacking the government and coining the term 'adonismos' to describe a political style he attributes to Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
- Jul 9
Velopoulos report on 2019 penal code passage sent to Parliament, but allegations are time-barred
Kyriakos Velopoulos filed a report over Adonis Georgiadis's claims about the 2019 penal code vote; it will be forwarded to Parliament, though any offenses are already statute-barred.
- Jul 6
Tsipras pledges teacher pay rise, abolition of Panhellenic exams and new research ministry
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras answered a teacher's question with a video outlining five reform pledges, including the end of Greece's high-stakes Panhellenic exams and a split of the education ministry.
- Jul 4
Giorgos Karameros resigns from SYRIZA and parliament, declares support for Alexis Tsipras's ELAS
Giorgos Karameros, SYRIZA MP for East Attica, announced his resignation from the party and his parliamentary seat on Saturday, citing his support for Alexis Tsipras's new political venture, ELAS.
- Jul 4
Tsipras urges Greece to 'cool' ties with Trump's MAGA and end 'blank check' to US
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, now leading the ELAS party, used a Politico interview to accuse the Mitsotakis government of excessive concessions to Washington and called for a foreign policy based on mutual benefit.
- Jul 2
New Democracy leads ELAS by 13.3 points in July poll as Tsipras rises and Karystianou's Hope slides
A Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV shows ruling New Democracy extending its lead to 13.3 points over Alexis Tsipras's ELAS, while Maria Karystianou's Hope party loses almost 3 points and 60% of Greeks demand political change.
- Jun 29
Former minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou quits SYRIZA, declaring she cannot run against Alexis Tsipras's new party
The former minister announced her resignation on 29 June, saying the progressive left needs a unified pole and that she cannot imagine a SYRIZA ballot opposing Alexis Tsipras.
- Jun 28
Greece's New Democracy and Tsipras's ELAS strengthen in GPO poll, as Karystianou's party loses ground
A GPO poll for Parapolitika shows New Democracy at 29.4% in the vote estimate, up 0.8 points, while Alexis Tsipras's ELAS rises to 16.3%. Maria Karystianou's Elpida party falls 2.7 points to 7.8%.
- Jun 27
Greek government spokesman evokes old comedy film to skewer Tsipras's spending proposals
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis used a Saturday morning television appearance to dismiss former prime minister Alexis Tsipras's economic agenda as unaffordable and reckless, comparing the opposition leader to a classic Greek cinema figure who spends lavishly with others' money.
- Jun 26
Tsipras unveils ELAS shadow government, outlines election strategy as gap with New Democracy narrows
In his first interview since founding the new party, former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras presents a team of 50 sector heads and says he is ready to govern.
- Jun 25
Famellos tells SYRIZA rebels to stop 'shenanigans' as Polakis walks out of party meeting
Party president Sokratis Famellos warned dissenting members to respect the Central Committee's vote to back Alexis Tsipras's leftist coalition, while Pavlos Polakis quit the Political Secretariat meeting and called for a new leadership vote.
- Jun 16
SYRIZA leader Famellos removes top spokespersons in reshuffle amid pressure from Tsipras’s new party
SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos removed parliamentary spokesperson Nikos Pappas and press spokesperson Kostas Zachariadis on Tuesday, installing Theofilos Xanthopoulos, Kostas Barkas and Christos Giannoulis in their roles as the party grapples with internal dissent over relations with Alexis Tsipras’s new ELAS party.
- Jun 16
Tsipras launches 'Now We Talk' events from Nikaia, declares ELAS main opposition and foresees election victory
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras opened a series of public meetings in Nikaia for his newly formed ELAS party, claiming it became the official opposition within 24 hours and will form a government 'in a few months'.
- Jun 15
ND maintains 9.1-point lead over Tsipras's ELAS as PASOK slides and Karystianou's Hope for Democracy enters Greek poll at 8.1%
A new Alco poll shows Greece's governing New Democracy (ND) at 23.3%, with Alexis Tsipras's newly formed Greek Left Coalition (ELAS) in second place at 14.2%, narrowing the gap between the two parties to 9.1 percentage points. PASOK falls to third at 10.3%, while Maria Karystianou's Hope for Democracy debuts with 8.1%.
