Syriza

Senior SYRIZA officials propose center-left shift in European politics

Three members of SYRIZA's political secretariat are urging the main opposition party to join the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) political group in the European Parliament, stating that the move is a crucial component of a broader strategy aimed at positioning it as the primary representative of the progressive political space in Greece.

New Left is getting organized

New Left, the party created out of a split in the main opposition SYRIZA party, will hold an organizing meeting on January 12-13.

The meeting, to be held in Athens, will draw up a founding declaration and prepare a conference, to be held in late February, where the party's governing bodies will presumably be elected.

Discussion on same-sex marriage will start soon, government says

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage neither "freezes" nor is expedited, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Friday.

"A conversation will have to take place first, which will begin very soon," Marinakis said in an interview with Skai radio. "There will first have to be an exhaustive analysis and description of what we want to accomplish."

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