PASOK party leader Nikos Androulakis

Androulakis underscored the urgency of collective action in the face of growing regional instability, emphasizing that "immediate solidarity and joint initiatives" are essential to addressing the evolving challenges.

The second day of the conference Metapolitefsi 1974-2024: 50 Years of Greek Foreign Policy' kicks off Friday morning with attendees gathering to speak on the topic of Greece's foreign policy over the past half century.

Today’s meeting seemed a step to try to cool tensions, and perhaps pave the way for some bipartisan legislation.

Mitsotakis approaches the dialogue from a position of strength, buoyed by a consistent 10-point lead over PASOK in opinion polls despite electoral setbacks earlier this year.

In an extrapolation of the valid responses, center-right ND is given 28.1%, while 18.2% of respondents picked PASOK

Mitsotakis and Androulakis exchanged jabs today in a plenary session initiated with a briefing of this year’s fire season, that expanded to a wider-ranging debate on various hot-button topics 

On the parliament floor will be the first public confrontation between Prime Minister and New Democracy head Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and newly re-elected PASOK party leader Nikos Androulakis.

Former party presidential candidates are included in this new inner circle, as part of PASOK's ongoing push to maintain and project unity. 

Though Androulakis has not officially commented on his personnel decisions, there are many rumors of a shake up in central positions in the parliamentary group.

The election of Nikos Androulakis to the helm of PASOK's leadership was no surprise, but the main opposition party's unity stands in stark contrast to that of SYRIZA.

A total of 201,654 voters participated in the second round of elections, reflecting a notable decrease from last Sunday’s turnout of over 300,000 party members and supporters

Regardless of who is elected to the helm of PASOK on Sunday, October 13, its next leader will need to close the significant gap with New Democracy to position the party as the "next government."

Recent polls firmly place Greece’s Social Democratic party in main opposition second place

In extrapolating the vote, ruling ND reaches 29.2%, higher than the actual figure it received in last June’s European Parliament election, 28.3%. PASOK at 17.2%

Incumbent Nikos Androulakis leads in the PASOK race (26.4%), with Athens Mayor Haris Doukas figuring in second place (24.7%)

Six candidates will be on the PASOK ballot, including incumbent Nikos Androulakis and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas

Results of the poll were presented on Thursday evening during the prime-time newscast of Athens-based Mega Channel

The 6 candidates included incumbent Nikos Androulakis, former minister and current deputy Pavlos Geroulanos, Nadia Giannakopoulou, also a MP, former minister and EU Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, and MP Michalis Katrinis

Center-right ND is preferred by 23.7% of respondents, compared to 13.2% for socialist PASOK and 9.1% for leftist SYRIZA

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis opines that not only is there no wire-taping scandal, but that it's possibly...normal to tap the phones of ministers, government officials, military officers and journalists