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How we ended up at the breakup of the New Left, who is joining Tsipras’ ELAS, and what those who remain will do

Alexis Tsipras’ return is rapidly reshaping the opposition landscape, as the founding of the Hellenic Left Alliance is already triggering departures, shifts, and new balances within the centre-left

Collapse of the Parliamentary Group of New Left: Seven MPs become independent and a further 143 party members resign, all names

Alexis Charitsis, Efi Achtsioglou, Nasos Iliopoulos, Theano Fotiou, Meropi Tzoufi, Husein Zeimpek and Dimitris Tzanakopoulos announced their departure in a joint letter

The day after the premiere of Tsipras’s ELAS: His hidden benchmark, SYRIZA’s reaction & New Left meeting in session

The political messages of ELAS’s first appearance - From Thissio, the former prime minister attempted to send a message of political return, with references stretching from the traditional Left to a broader progressive and patriotic audience

Parliament: Yannis Stournaras’ term at the Bank of Greece renewed for a third time

Yannis Stournaras becomes the first governor of the Bank of Greece to serve three consecutive terms — New Democracy voted “yes,” PASOK and the Communist Party voted “present,” while SYRIZA, Greek Solution, New Left, NIKI, and Course of Freedom voted against

Alexis Charitsis resigns as leader of New Left: “Political disagreement cannot keep us trapped in stagnation”

According to the party’s statutes, Gabriel Sakellaridis is expected to succeed him as leader, while uncertainty remains over who will replace him as head of the Parliamentary Group

New Left on a path of dissolution: Haritsis heading for resignation

Within the party, a majority faction has emerged calling for a more radical version of the party and corresponding alliances, with the party’s Secretary, Gavriil Sakellaridis, serving as an informal leader

Bistis and 9 more leave the New Left: They disagree with the photographic disapproval of Tsipras

They speak of endless navel-gazing about the “purity” of the Left’s identity and advocate cooperation with the forces of the Center-Left

The New Left does not put Mitsotakis in the “frame” of the Pre-Investigation on Tempi

"Today the file does not contain strong evidence of criminal responsibility for Mr Mitsotakis" say sources of the New Left for Tempi

New Left: The background for the invalid vote in the Syriza coalition – The Tsakalotos amendment, and the deadlock of Famelos

Efforts for the "Popular Front" become more difficult - The resolution for unity in the New Left was passed with difficulty after the disagreements of Sakellaridis and Tsakalotos

The government’s attempt to rally forces against the background of the poll’s warnings – The processes for the reshuffle

Mitsotakis' reference to a "coalition of the willing" for PASOK, SYRIZA, Plefsi Eleftherias and the New Left set the tone for the Prime Minister's thoughts

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