Preparations at ERT were intense for the debate of candidates running for the presidency of PASOK. Spaces designated for the candidates were arranged, and flower arrangements—offered as a gift from ERT to the six candidates—were placed in the venue.
The terms for conducting the debate are as follows:
Nikos Androulakis, Pavlos Geroulanos, Nadia Giannakopoulou, Anna Diamantopoulou, Haris Doukas, and Michalis Katrinis agreed to present their positions across six thematic areas:
- 1. Economy and Development
- 2. Social Welfare, New Generation, Demographics
- 3. Foreign Policy, Defense, European Union
- 4. State, Institutions, Local Government
- 5. Climate Crisis, Civil Protection, Energy Transition
- 6. PASOK: The Next Day
Each journalist’s question within these six areas should not exceed 30 seconds, and each response should be limited to 90 seconds.
Apostolos Mangiariadis and Giorgos Kouvaras will each be allowed to ask a total of six follow-up questions. Each follow-up question should not exceed 15 seconds, and the corresponding response should be no longer than 30 seconds.
Each candidate will have the opportunity to ask five questions, make comments, or respond to a different candidate, each time focusing on a different thematic area. Both the question and the answer should not exceed 30 seconds, and the same time limits apply for follow-up remarks and rebuttals.
The debate will conclude with a final statement from each candidate, with a time limit of up to 90 seconds.