Syriza

Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance
Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία
Sinaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía
AbbreviationΣΥΡΙΖΑ
SYRIZA
PresidentSokratis Famellos
General SecretaryRania Svigkou
Press RepresentativePausanias Papageorgiou
Founded15 January 2004; 20 years ago (2004-01-15)
Registered22 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-22)
Preceded bySynaspismos
HeadquartersEleftherias Sq. 1, 105 53 Athens
NewspaperI Avgi
Think tankNicos Poulantzas Institute [1]
Youth wingSYRIZA Youth
Membership (2023)Increase 190,000[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
European affiliationParty of the European Left
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Colours  Pink
Hellenic Parliament
29 / 300
European Parliament
4 / 21
Party flag
Website
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The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (Greek: Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, romanized: Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA (/ˈsɪrɪzə/, Greek: ΣΥΡΙΖΑ [ˈsiriza]; a pun on the Greek adverb σύρριζα, meaning "from the roots" or "radically"),[5] is a centre-left[6][7][8] to left-wing[9][10][11] political party in Greece. It was founded in 2004 as a political coalition of left-wing and radical left parties, and registered as a political party in 2012.[12][13]

A democratic socialist, progressive[3] party, Syriza holds a pro-European stance.[14][6][15] Syriza also advocates for alter-globalisation, LGBT rights,[16] and secularism.[17] In the past, SYRIZA was described as a typical left-wing populist party,[18][19] but this was disputed after its government term[20] and its recent opposition.[21]

Syriza is the third largest party in the Hellenic Parliament. Former party chairman Alexis Tsipras served as Prime Minister of Greece from 26 January 2015 to 20 August 2015 and from 21 September 2015 to 8 July 2019. It is a member of the Party of the European Left.[22]

Following the failure on June 2023 Greek legislative elections, leader Alexis Tsipras resigned, elections were held, and Stefanos Kasselakis assumed the presidency in September 2023. Dissatisfaction with Kasselakis led the party to a prolonged internal crisis, resulting in a motion of no confidence and new elections scheduled for November 2024.

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