SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance

The recent economic proposals announced by main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance and its leader Stefanos Kasselakis would come at "a huge economic cost" and are "entirely uncosted and without planning, or even checked for compatibility with European laws," according to a joint announcement released by Deputy National Economy and Finance Ministers Harry Theoharis and Thanos Petralias on Fr

SYRIZA lawmaker Othon Iliopoulos on Thursday refuted rumors that he was planning to give up his seat in Parliament due to his professional obligations.

SYRIZA MP and former minister Olga Gerovasili has announced her candidacy for the leadership of the party, challenging leader Stefanos Kasselakis.

"To the president's challenge, I reply: present. As a candidate for the leadership of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance," Gerovasili said Saturday evening at the party congress.

Yannis Dragasakis, who served as deputy prime minister in Alexis Tsipras' government, has resigned from the central committee of SYRIZA. 

The parliamentary group of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is scheduled to meet on Tuesday.

The session will commence with a speech from the leader of the main opposition party, Stefanos Kasselakis.

Main opposition party SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance on Monday officially announced the launch of the campaign for the election of a new party leader, scheduled to be held on September 10.

Two main pre-electoral mottos are "On September 10, I participate" and "Tomorrow begins with us", it was noted in the party announcement.

The political secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is scheduled to convene early next week, once the three-day process of policy statements in parliament concludes. The meeting is in preparation for the upcoming central committee meeting of the party, which is slated for July 15-16.

SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras met with visiting former US president Barack Obama on Thursday, with whom he discussed political developments.

Migration Reform

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks to the media prior to the European Home Affairs Ministers Council meeting in Luxembourg, 08 June 2023. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND

SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras visited on Thursday an area at the port of Kalamata set aside for migrants rescued from a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Pylos in the port's warehouse.