- Jul 25
Tasoulas urges end to division and calls on wealthy Greeks to fund regeneration at democracy anniversary reception
President Konstantinos Tasoulas used the 52nd anniversary of the restoration of democracy to call for an end to political division and urge wealthy Greeks to fund national regeneration, as 1,700 guests gathered inside the Presidential Mansion after heavy rain forced the event indoors.
- Jul 18
SYRIZA appoints Rena Dourou parliamentary chief, Nikos Pappas secretary in bid to halt disintegration
After a 12-hour Central Committee session, the Greek left-wing party installed a collective leadership to prepare for national elections, with Pavlos Polakis taking a strategic role despite tensions.
- Jul 18
Polakis withdraws from SYRIZA parliamentary group race, Dourou set to be elected unopposed on Saturday
Pavlos Polakis withdrew his candidacy for the presidency of SYRIZA's parliamentary group on July 17, clearing the path for Rena Dourou to be elected unopposed in a vote at the Greek Parliament on Saturday morning.
- Jul 10
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.
- 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.
