The New Left (NA; ) is a

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in the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

. It was founded on 4 December 2023 by eleven independent MPs who left the

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

party. The president of the parliamentary group is Alexis Haritsis. The New Left officially became a party on 3 March 2024 after its founding conference.

History

After the resignation of

Alexis Tsipras Alexis Tsipras ( el, Αλέξης Τσίπρας, ; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician serving as Leader of the Official Opposition since 2019. He served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019. Tsipras has led the Coalition of th ...

as president of

, and the subsequent

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Stefanos Kasselakis Stefanos Kasselakis (born 29 March 1988) is a Greek businessman, entrepreneur and politician, who is currently serving as the president of Syriza. Early life and education Kasselakis was born in Marousi in 1988. His family is originally from ...

to replace him in September 2023, there was an internal crisis in the party. The internal party groups "Umbrella" and "6+6" criticized Kasselakis's attempt to move the party towards the center. Kasselakis is considered to be more moderate than Tsipras, wanting the party to emulate the

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in the United States, a

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party. He was criticized by some Syriza members for his previous support of the centre-right party New Democracy, which currently has a majority in the

and is opposed by Syriza. The 6+6 faction included deputy

Effie Achtsioglou Eftychia "Effie" Achtsioglou (Giannitsa, 4 January 1985), is a Greek politician who served as Minister for Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity from 2016 to 2019. Since 2019 she has been a MP for SYRIZA. Early life and education She w ...

, who finished as runner-up to Kasselakis in the leadership election. This conflict eventually culminated in the withdrawal of the "Umbrella" faction from the party and the removal of two MPs considered close to it ( Peti Perka and

Euclid Tsakalotos Euclid Stefanou Tsakalotos ( el, Ευκλείδης Στεφάνου Τσακαλώτος, ; born 1960) is a Greek economist and politician who was Minister of Finance of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He is also a member of the Central Committee of ...

) on Kasselakis's orders on 13 November 2023. Ten days later, the "6+6" group and nine MPs from it (

Sia Anagnostopoulou Athanasia "Sia" Anagnostopoulou ( el, Αθανασία "Σία" Αναγνωστοπούλου; born March 1959) is a left-wing Greek politician and academic who was the Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipr ...

, Effie Achtsioglou, Chousein Zeimpek,

Nasos Iliopoulos Nasos (Athanasios) Iliopoulos (born in Athens on 20 December 1983) is a Greek politician. He has served as a Deputy Minister for Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity. Early life and education He was born on 20 December 1983 in Athens. H ...

Dimitris Tzanakopoulos Dimitris Tzanakopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Τζανακόπουλος; born 5 June 1982) is a Greek politician and a lawyer. He was a Minister of State & the Government Spokesperson of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) in the cabinet of Alexis ...

, Meropi Tzoufi, Ozgur Ferhat, Theano Fotiou, and Alexis Haritsis) withdrew from Syriza. On 4 December 2023, the eleven independent MPs announced the name and logo of their new party at a scheduled event. The next day, the parliamentary group was officially announced in the Hellenic Parliament. MEP

Dimitrios Papadimoulis Dimitrios Papadimoulis ( el, Δημήτρης Παπαδημούλης, Dimítris Papadimoúlis; born 21 March 1955) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as a member of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left. O ...

announced his affiliation with the group the same day. On 1 March 2024, the party's founding conference was held in Athens. The foundation declaration summarised the fundamental positions of the party and announced the establishment of a Transitional Coordination Committee with 238 members. On 9 June 2024, in the European Parliament elections, the party failed to retain its MEPs,

and

Stelios Kouloglou Stelios Kouloglou ( el, Στέλιος Κούλογλου; born 27 February 1953, Athens) is a Greek journalist writer and documentaries director. He is the creator of the news web channel "TVXS". Political analyst and major Greek publications co ...

, receiving only 2.45% of the vote, and failing to reach the 3% threshold."Χαρίτσης για Ευρωεκλογές 2024: Αρνητικό το αποτέλεσμα για τη Νέα Αριστερά, κανείς δεν δικαιούται να πανηγυρίζει"
''iefimerida.gr'' (in Greek) 09-06-2024

Election results

European Parliament

References

External links

Official website
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