Syriza leadership election

MEP candidates polling ahead, Mitsotakis is considered most suitable prime minister with a 42% lead – Stefanos Kasselakis by 15%, and Nikos Androulakis at 7%

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis and his husband, Tyler McBeth, have announced that their Greek wedding will take place at the end of August on Crete.

"T & S Wedding … We are so excited to welcome you all to one of our favorite places to celebrate this special day …. XOXO Tyler & Stefanos," an image the invitation circulating in the Greek media reads.

Opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis has reaffirmed his belief that his SYRIZA party will secure the top position in the forthcoming European Parliament elections in June.

Recent opinion polls indicate SYRIZA trailing far behind the ruling New Democracy, with just over 15 percent of voting intentions.

The race for the European elections dominates the political scene after parties unveiled their roster of candidates last week. Political leaders are crisscrossing the country, aiming to mobilize voters seven weeks before the ballot.

Stefanos Kasselakis calls for the removal of New Democracy MP Dimitris Kyriazidis from Drama

In response to SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis' request for early polls, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed Tuesday that national elections will be held at the end of his government's four-year term. 

The Kasselakis saga would not have existed if SYRIZA - not the party in its present shape, but the old, orthodox one - had done its job properly when putting together its ballot for the last national elections or even during the vote for a new party leader.

Kasselakis: Mitsotakis should resign and let’s go to elections – Government: Kasselakis undermines the political system

In an interview with Kathimerini, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis criticizes PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis for having a "complementary logic" to the ruling conservatives of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and declares that he is ready to sit at the same table with other progressive parties, as long as they respect the role of the main opposition.

SYRIZA opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis plans to overhaul the party in a statutory congress following June's European Parliament elections, he said in an interview with the Real News newspaper on Sunday.