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SYRIZA and Greece's center left: Crisis and the challenge of unity

This past weekend SYRIZA held a 4 day convention that was filled with drama and chaos, with both its identity as well as its leadership being challenged. With a new leadership race narrowly avoided, the question remains if there is a leader in the fragmented center left that can unite the opposition. At the same time, recent polling shows an increase in support for parties to the right of New Democracy. Political scientist and expert Panos Koliastasis joins Thanos Davelis to look at this ongoing crisis in SYRIZA and the broader center left, while breaking down the latest polls and the message they send ahead of European elections.

Panos Koliastasis, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Peloponnese, contributor to Kathimerini, and the author of the book "Permanent campaigning in Greece in times of crisis: the Samaras, Tsipras and Mitsotakis premierships".

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

SYRIZA: The challenge of unity and reinvention

Greek center-left: The long road to unity

Ruling New Democracy maintains dominance

Greece seeking to create ‘smarter’ army

Senators warily allow F-16 sale to Turkey as part of NATO expansion agreement

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