The name of the Parliamentary Group, its symbol and political imprint is announced by the group of 11 MPs who left SYRIZA.

According to information, the name of the new KO will be “New Left”.

The event is held at the Serafion of the Municipality of Athens.

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The head of the new Parliamentary Group will be Alexis Haritsis, while Euclides Tsakalotos and Nasos Iliopoulos (parliamentary representatives), as well as Peti Perka (secretary of the Parliamentary Group) have assumed roles.

The 11 who make up the new KO are the following: Efi Ahtsioglou, Alexis Haritsis, Nasos Iliopoulos, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, Theano Fotiou, Sia Anagnostopoulou, Meropi Tzoufi, Euclid Tsakalotos, Peti Perka, Hussein Zeibek and Ferhat Ozgiur.

In her intervention, Efi Ahtsioglou emphasized that “we are making a new beginning for our dignity and our lives”.

“Today we are making a new beginning for our conscience, for the world of work, to have an ecological proposal the next day. It was not easy for any of us. The first step is the parliamentary group.”

Nasos Iliopoulos said: “The first step to the overthrow is not to accept stagnation and degeneration. From the beginning it means that we don’t look back, nor do we long for the good old days. But not from scratch. We need to create a political force that is not afraid of change. Let’s put content back at the center of politics. We do not settle for the political map, because it has proved too narrow for the world. To show in practice that politics can be done differently. For those who do not see their dreams fitting into today’s circumstances. Good start, Alexis.”

Euclid Tsakalotos referred to “a new beginning, but it is not parthenogenesis. We are aware of what we have done. We are here to produce politics. We don’t even seek to be generals. We call on the people to take initiatives, to discredit discredit for politics.”

Alexis Haritsis emphasized in his statement: “Everything that has happened to us in the last few days has moved us. It fills us with joy, but also with great responsibility. Today we take the first step. No journey starts from scratch. Do we know each other. The new KO is made up of men and women who each have their own path. We met from different starting points, in the governance of the country. We are proud that we achieved the exit of the country from the memorandums, with society standing. We will be proud of a new development model and we will be proud of the Prespa Agreement.

The project we are embarking on is not about going back to the past. We want something new. A broad and open-minded Left, which does not hide its intentions. We believe in an egalitarian society. Because we are inspired by the vision of socialism of the 21st century.

The left is experiencing a strategic crisis. We need an ambitious plan that will answer the big questions of our time. This is the conversation that is missing. This is also happening in Europe. This was emphatically illustrated by the split of SYRIZA. With a leadership that expresses conservative and contradictory positions.

The system of power of Mr. Mitsotakis sets the conditions for today’s debate and this has consequences. ND’s policy is undermining the future of our children. The Right invests in the power of the old.