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Greek Parliament President Konstantopoulou Meets with Panagiotis Lafazanis

Greek Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou met with Panayiotis Lafazanis, leader of the newly-formed political party Popular Unity, on August 22 in her office. The two politicians had a conversation in front of the reporters waiting outside the office, where...

Popular Unity Leader Lafazanis: 'We'll Play a Significant Role after the Elections'

Former SYRIZA MP Panagiotis Lafazanis and leader of the party’s Left Platform announced the formation of a new leftist party called “Popular Unity.” In the press conference held in the Greek Parliament Lafazanis spoke about the party’s goals, while...

Greek Govt Spokeswoman Criticises SYRIZA MP Lafazanis on Statements Against Govt

Greek government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili criticized former Energy Minister and SYRIZA MP Panagiotis Lafazanis who stated in an interview to Greek media that he will vote against the government. "The Left Platform and Panagiotis Lafazanis announced today through their statements that they...

SYRIZA MP Lafazanis: We will not Give the Green Light for a Third Memorandum

The Greek government's problems caused by its shift to a memorandum policy cannot be answered with bluffs or tricks, SYRIZA deputy Panagiotis Lafazanis on Wednesday said in statements to Real FM. "The snap elections insinuate anti-democratic ideas and can neither...

Greek Govt Comments On Lafazanis' New Anti-Bailout Movement

The Greek government defended the country's new rescue program on Thursday, commenting on the decision of SYRIZA Left Platform leader Panagiotis Lafazanis to announce the "social and political formation" of a "unitary movement" against the Memorandum. According to government sources, "Panagiotis Lafazanis' decision to announce the...

Left Platform Deputies Will Not Vote for a New Memorandum, Lafazanis Says

Former minister Panagiotis Lafazanis on Wednesday said that he will not vote for the memorandum and expressed the view that all SYRIZA deputies of the left platform will probably do the same. He added that if the memorandum is...

SYRIZA Left Platform Leader Lafazanis Sticks to Hardline Stance

Sticking to his guns, SYRIZA's Left Platform leader Panagiotis Lafazanis insisted that the Greek government will lose support within the party if it continues down a pro-Memorandum path. "If the government becomes irretrievably identified with new and old Memoranda and the policies that...

Greek Energy Minister Lafazanis: 'Greek PM Needs to Take Back The Agreement'

Greek Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis called on the government and the Greek Prime Minister to take back the agreement, before any final decisions are made by the parliament, in a written statement. “Greece had an alternative to the agreement. The...

Greece's Development Minister Lafazanis May Vote Against Proposal

Panagiotis Lafazanis, the leader of SYRIZA's "Left Platform" and Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Energy and Environment said he may not vote in favor of the proposal Greece sent to creditors when it is tabled in parliament. During the SYRIZA Parliamentary...

Greek Minister Lafazanis: 'We Want an Agreement that Will Respect People's Dignity'

"Greece seeks to reach an agreement with the institutions immediately, but we want an agreement that will respect the country and the people's dignity, and that will open windows for a way out of the crisis. We do not want...

Greek Energy min. Lafazanis: Greece Will Probably Submit Request to Participate in BRICS Bank

Greece is preparing and will probably submit a request to participate in the new development bank for BRICS countries and has secured Russia’s support on the issue, Productive Reconstruction, Greek Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis told ANA-MPA. “During my...

Greek Minister Lafazanis: 'If SYRIZA Misses Targets, it Must Go'

Greek Minister of Production Reconstruction Panagiotis Lafazanis alluded that SYRIZA should hand over power, if the government is not able to secure an austerity-free program. The Left Platform leader gave an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, where he noted...

Productive Reconstruction Minister Lafazanis: Eurogroup Agreement Should Not Void the Gov't Program

Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister, Panagiotis Lafazanis, in two interviews with Greek Sunday newspapers Proto Thema and Realnews, expressed his opinion that the agreement reached on Friday's Eurogroup between the Greek government and the country's Eurozone partners should...

Greek Gov't: Bond Sale an Absolute Success, Opposition Derides Celebrations

"The quality and number of investors who have shown interest in this bond issue shows that the markets started showing confidence in the Greek economy," Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said. The Greek government is celebrating Monday's successful bond sale claiming...

Greek Former Minister: Russia Could Offer Aid in Case of Grexit

Russia would offer Greece cash in advance for a gas pipeline in case the country was forced to leave the euro zone in the summer of 2015, said former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. Lafazanis told Vima FM that in the...