Coalition of the Radical Left
First pension reductions from SYRIZA memorandum take effect!
Friday witnessed the first pension reductions mandated by the third memorandum, which was negotiated and sent for ratification to Parliament this month by the outgoing SYRIZA government.
Latest poll: Undecided voters a majority; SYRIZA slipping
Voters that are undecided on who they prefer in next month’s snap Greek general election comprise the majority of respondents in a recent opinion poll, published by the Athens daily “Efimerida ton Syntakton” (journalists’ gazette) on Friday.
Official: New party from SYRIZA split called ‘Popular Unity’
The imminent and overdue split within the leftists SYRIZA party was finally formally realized, Friday, after 25 rebel SYRIZA MPs submitted a common letter to the parliament speaker announcing they were forming a new party.
Reported new far-left party to use WWII-resistance acronym of ‘EAM’
Supporters of the far-left “Left Platform”, the anti-memorandum and virulently anti-capitalist grouping within ruling SYRIZA up until recently, will reportedly launch a new party with the initials “EAM”.
Two SYRIZA lawmakers opposed to 3rd Greek bailout
Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) MP Rachel Makri told private To Vima radio station on Wednesady that she will not be a candiate MP with SYRIZA. She said that “the government did not receive mandate to bring a new memorandum”.
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Tsipras defends Varoufakis on Plan B, but not on his fashion choices
Composer Theodorakis backs referendum 'no' in post appearing on far-leftist site
In a letter published in hard-core left site ‘Iskra.gr’, which fervently supports Panagiotis Lafazanis’s left platform grouping within ruling Syriza and a return to a national currency (the “drachma lobby” crowd), renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis called on the leftist Greek government to abandon a policy of what he called “harsh austerity” and fall-back on a “no” vote during a recent r
The Troika is back in town – but without the IMF!
Athens is bracing itself for the return of the loathed Troika officials representing the country’s creditors from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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Varoufakis 2.0: I am ready to return
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has a media magnet it seems. This time it was the turn of Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano to interview the Marxist professor turned politician.
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Govt sources: Tsipras livid over 32 dissenting MPs
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras “threw down the gauntlet” to his party’s dissenters on Thursday, with government sources leaking his particularly severe statements to the press in the evening, following a meeting with top aides and ministers.
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