Syriza's collapse and the battle for the center-left
While Sunday was a resounding success for Prime Minister Mitsotakis, the election result has raised very real questions around the political future of Alexis Tsipras and the main opposition, Syriza. As Syriza and Tsipras look to figure out what went wrong and plan out their next moves, PASOK, which dominated Greece’s center-left up until the financial crisis, looks like it’s ready for a comeback. This is setting the stage for a battle between the two over who will come to dominate the center-left. Dora Antoniou, Kathimerini’s political editor, joins Thanos Davelis as we break down what went wrong for Syriza and Alexis Tsipras, what this means for the party looking ahead, and whether this is now PASOK and Nikos Androulakis’ big chance to reclaim the center-left.
Read Dora Antoniou’s latest analysis here: Battle for dominance of the center-left
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