Expulsions from SYRIZA appear to be in the cards as the opposition party’s failure to gain ground in opinion polls despite a drop of around 4% for ruling New Democracy is being attributed to a series of off-color statements made by officials.
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03.03.2021 / 12:50
SYRIZA lawmaker Thodoris Dritsas provoked a backlash on Tuesday after stating that the deadly November 17 terror group, of which jailed terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas was a leading member, had not terrorized anyone.
29.01.2021 / 08:25
Governing New Democracy still has a double-digit lead over SYRIZA, a public opinion poll released by Pulse showed on Thursday. It gave the center-right party a 39% approval rating, against 23% for the leftist opposition.
10.12.2020 / 16:46
Although the vaccine for the coronavirus may become available as early as the beginning of next year, a segment of the population remains unconvinced of its efficacy or use, according to the latest Pulse poll, on behalf of Skai TV.
14.11.2020 / 16:04
After disputing Speaker Kostas Tasoulas' announcement that Parliament donated 50 intensive care unit beds to Sotiria Hospital in Athens on Thursday, SYRIZA lawmaker Pavlos Polakis on Friday posted a video on social media showing his visit to said institution without wearing a mask.
11.11.2020 / 16:12
The leader of main opposition SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras came under fire on Tuesday for refusing to publicly rebuke party MP Pavlos Polakis, who posted a photo of himself eating at a friend’s house where none of the people gathered around the table was observing physical distancing or wearing a mask.
25.10.2020 / 08:25
Seven in 10 Greeks are worried about the course of the pandemic, with the same rate expressing concern with Turkish aggression in the East Mediterranean, according to a new opinion poll, which gives ruling New Democracy an 18 percentage point lead over leftist SYRIZA.
25.09.2020 / 20:20
Irked by the reluctance of his former finance minister to embrace the opposition SYRIZA party’s latest narrative against the conservative New Democracy administration, Alexis Tsipras plans to set up a new disciplinary body aiming at stifling dissent inside his increasingly unruly leftist party.
18.07.2020 / 23:43
New Democracy and opposition SYRIZA exchanged barbs on Friday over the criminal prosecution of the country’s top corruption prosecutor, Eleni Touloupaki, for a series of serious alleged offenses related to her handling of the Novartis bribery probe.
07.05.2020 / 19:04
The commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the firebomb attack on a branch of Marfin Bank in central Athens which led to the deaths of three people was a source of political tensions and partisan rhetoric on Wednesday.
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