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Movement for Change to announce council on Friday
Fofi Genimata, the leader of the new center-left party, Movement for Change, said on Wednesday that the members of its political council will be announced on Friday.
Kathimerini understands that the council will be small and will include the main proponents for the new party's creation and the candidates that ran for its leadership.
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Name of center-left grouping to be Movement for Change
The name of the new center-left party comprising PASOK, To Potami and other social democratic forces will be Movement for Change, it emerged on Tuesday following a meeting in Parliament between PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata and the head of Potami, Stavros Theodorakis.
The name will be in use until the grouping's first congress, when it is expected that it will be rubber-stamped.
What next for Gennimata and New Democracy?
Interest in recent elections to pick a leader for Greece's nascent center-left party was not limited to ideologically affiliated politicians and voters. Ruling SYRIZA leftists and the conservative New Democracy opposition followed developments closely and appeared surprised by the large turnout.
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Lessons from Sunday's elections
Is there something we know now that we didn't before last Sunday's elections for the leadership of the new center-left party? I think so.
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Gennimata heads to Sunday runoff as the hot favorite
Democratic Alignment (PASOK) chief Fofi Gennimata heads into the runoff election against Nikos Androulakis for the leadership of the new center-left party as the favorite after her emphatic victory in Sunday's first round.
Gennimata won 42.76 percent of the vote, 17 points ahead of Androulakis - a member of the European Parliament and a former PASOK party secretary.
Two winners, two losers
Giorgos Kaminis and Stavros Theodorakis saw their political ambitions go up in smoke on Sunday night following the first round of the vote to elect a new leader for a party that still has no name, no manifesto, no clear ideology, and no concrete strategy about who it will follow and who it will leave behind.
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Nearly 60 Potami officials question Theodorakis's leadership
A total of 59 To Potami officials have issued a statement questioning the leadership of Stavros Theodorakis following his decision to run for the top post of Greece's new center-left party - an alliance of existing forces including once-dominant PASOK socialists.
Gennimata, Androulakis head for center-left leader poll runoff
PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata secured a clear advantage at the first round of elections for a leader to the new center-left party on Sunday, but will have to contest a runoff with runner-up Nikos Androulakis a week later, while voter turnout exceeded expectations.
Gennimata, Androulakis head for center-left leader election runoff (upd)
PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata secured a clear advantage at the first round of elections for a leader to the new center-left party on Sunday, but will have to contest a runoff with runner-up Nikos Androulakis a week later, while voter turnout exceeded expectations.
Center-left candidates brace for Sunday's leadership vote
Campaigning by candidates for the leadership of the new center-left party officially ends on Friday night, two days before elections take place on Sunday, with speeches by the leader of To Potami Stavros Theodorakis at Zappeion Hall in Athens and PASOK MEP Nikos Androulakis at the Vellidio Conference Hall in Thessaloniki.