Panayiotis Lafazanis

Ex-minister Panayiotis Lafazanis denounces government persecution

The leader of the far-left Popular Unity party Panayiotis Lafazanis said on Wednesday he refused to provide answers to investigators after he was summoned to Attica Police Headquarters over his alleged illegal possession and use of a gun during protests against foreclosures on the properties of overindebted Greeks.

Does Tsipras still hold Greeks under his spell?

I spent the whole month of August and the first part of September in Athens. I was there just after the painful negotiations of Alexis Tsipras' team in Brussels with Greece's creditors, when he had to capitulate to a new three-year bailout agreement that would secure a further 86 billion euros, but under tough terms and constant monitoring.

President Zoe Konstantopoulou forms new party, reports say

President of the Greek Parliament Zoe Konstantopouolou is in the final stages of creating her own political party, according to sources. The party will reportedly collaborate with the recently formed anti-memorandum formation ‘Popular Unity’ set up by former SYRIZA Minister and MP Panayiotis Lafazanis.

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