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Greece's new political landscape

Developments over the past few months in Greece have seen SYRIZA lose its position as the main opposition in parliament to PASOK in the wake of leadership elections in both parties, the creation of a new political party on the left, and the ouster of a former prime minister from New Democracy. At the same time, the ripple effects of the US election are also being felt in Greek politics - as in the rest of Europe. Nektaria Stamouli, the deputy editor in chief of Kathimerini’s English Edition and Politico’s Eastern Mediterranean correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what to expect in this new political landscape.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Assessing Greece’s new political landscape

Dominoes waiting for a push

Greece to train Ukrainian pilots

Cyprus offers to assist with Lebanon ceasefire

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins after year of conflict

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