SYRIZA

In a recent development, a disagreement between Stefanos Kasselakis and a faction within SYRIZA known as the “87” has surfaced following a Political Secretariat meeting. Kasselakis has alleged that this group is working to discredit and undermine the party, accusing them of seeking to dissolve SYRIZA into a vague center-left movement.

The festering tension within main opposition SYRIZA was on display again on Thursday after the leadership of Stefanos Kasselakis was openly challenged in the post-summer meeting of the party's political secretariat.

Recently ousted party MP Pavlos Polakis called for a change in leadership, though he did not directly name party leader  Kasselakis.

"The leadership cannot move forward like this. It cannot provide a political solution. Change is needed, and I will contribute to this effort for change," Polakis reportedly said in front of Political Secretariat members.

Stefanos Kasselakis, leader of the left-wing Greek opposition SYRIZA party, congratulated the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party for their "huge victory" in Thursday's elections.

In a social media post on Friday, Kasselakis praised Labour's mission as an inspiration to all progressive parties in Europe. 

The current mayor of Athens and an MP and former Culture Minister announced Sunday they will challenge current PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis in an October contest.

Mayor of Athens Haris Doukas, 44, and MP Pavlos Geroulanos, 58, announced their candidacies for the socialist party's leadership at a Central Political Committee meeting Sunday.

SYRIZA, the main opposition party, has entered a fresh internal war as the circle of officials who question or criticize the decisions and action of its leader Stefanos Kasselakis' is expanding and getting louder. 

Sources within PASOK on Wednesday dismissed the idea of expediting the leadership elections in response to the socialist party's lackluster performance in the recent European Parliament elections.

"We will not allow the party to sink into navel-gazing," the sources said.

Main leftist opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis has ruled out any alliance with the SYRIZA splinter group New Left.

"As long as I am president of SYRIZA, there will be no collaboration with the illegitimate New Left group," he said in a post on the X social media platform on Tuesday.

Two members of SYRIZA urged the main leftist opposition on Monday to make an overture to the other center-left parties, PASOK and New Left, with the aim of "regenerating the broader left and progressive [political] space."

Main opposition party SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to a debate, SYRIZA spokesperson Voula Kehagia announced Tuesday.

This call comes amidst a war of words between the two parties ahead of Sunday's European elections.