Six members of the party bodies of Greece’s left-wing opposition SYRIZA party resigned Sunday, deepening internal divisions within the party.
Those stepping down from the Political Secretariat and Central Committee included deputy Central Committee secretary Anastasia Sapouna, as well as Gely Visviki, Despina Sino, Panos Stachtos-Lamprinidis, Eleni Symeonidou and Stamatia Tsoumea. SYRIZA official Kostas Morfidis also submitted his resignation.
In a joint statement, the departing officials accused party members of seeking to overturn democratically approved decisions by “interpreting the party’s statutes at will.” They criticized what they described as a cycle of internal conflict and said SYRIZA should focus on building a broader progressive alliance ahead of future elections.
The resignations come amid a prolonged crisis within SYRIZA following the election of Stefanos Kasselakis as party leader in 2023 and his removal by the party’s Central Committee in 2024. The party later elected Sokratis Famellos as president, but disagreements continued over SYRIZA’s political direction and future role in Greece’s opposition. Famellos resigned as party president on Thursday.
SYRIZA, which governed Greece from 2015 to 2019 under former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, has faced a steep decline in support in recent years, including weak results in the 2023 national elections and the 2024 European Parliament elections.
