New Left

Amid the Gaza crisis, Alexis Haritsis, president of Greece's New Left Party, calls for urgent action, declaring, "The eyes of the world are on martyrized Rafah."

He demands a parliamentary debate on Palestinian recognition, accusing Israel's government of genocide and labeling Greece's silence as complicity, insisting, "Greece must stand on the right side of history."

Stefanos Kasselakis calls for the removal of New Democracy MP Dimitris Kyriazidis from Drama

New Left attacks gov't at founding conference

New Left head Alexis Haritsis attacked the government's handling of the deadly Tempe train collision at his party's first conference.

The party, a splinter from leftist SYRIZA, was founded in early December and currently holds 11 seats in parliament.

Main opposition SYRIZA is going through a deep crisis, with both its identity as well as its leadership being challenged.

After months of intense infighting and a process that had the elements of a slow, painful self-destruction, on Sunday the party averted at the last moment what looked to be a political explosion, by opting not to hold a new election for president.

The SYRIZA congress that ended Sunday has "obviously strengthened" his position, party leader Stefanos Kasselakis said in an interview to state broadcaster ERT Monday. 

The inner party thriller in the main opposition SYRIZA party concluded on Sunday noon, with the Congress deciding not to go to leadership elections. "We are not heading to elections-the masks have fallen," declared the party leader Stefanos Kasselakis. An unprecedented toxic party congress preceded that, marked by crowd uproar and political back-and forth.

The bomb dropped by former prime minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras as the leftist party's congress was about to start is a high-risk gamble both for his own political future and that of his successor, Stefanos Kasselakis. Following the latest developments, another SYRIZA split might be imminent.

Euclid Tsakalotos, the former finance minister and one of the 11 MPs who bolted from SYRIZA to create the New Left party, said former leader Alexis Tsipras needed to make his own self-criticism.

Former SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras intervened in the ongoing party turmoil on Thursday, criticizing the party's direction and urging new leader Stefanos Kasselakis to seek a fresh vote of confidence from party members.

A major crisis that broke out earlier this week within the main opposition SYRIZA party was averted at the last minute with the party congress set to start on Thursday under a fragile and temporary truce among opposing sides.