{"id":10650,"date":"2026-06-14T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10650"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:13:00","slug":"elas-pasok-the-battle-has-begun-with-an-exchange-of-insults-and-the-transfer-of-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10650","title":{"rendered":"ELAS &#8211; PASOK: The battle has begun with an exchange of insults and the transfer of officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the coming period, the battle between <b>PASOK<\/b> and the <b>ELAS<\/b> of <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> over who will prevail on the Left.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a fierce behind-the-scenes battle has been unfolding between <b>PASOK<\/b> and <b>ELAS<\/b> across the country. <b>ELAS<\/b> is trying to court <b>PASOK<\/b> officials, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>PASOK<\/b> has already accepted, as part of its supposed expansion, former <b>SYRIZA<\/b> candidates in regions such as Attica, Thessaloniki, Evros, Trikala, and Crete. These officials have even secured spots on the <b>PASOK<\/b> candidate lists, as Harilaou Trikoupi hopes to reach out to citizens who voted for <b>SYRIZA<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Nikos Androulakis has already recruited <b>Rania Thraski,<\/b> <b>Nikos Farantouris<\/b> and <b>Petros Pappas<\/b> from <b>SYRIZA<\/b>, while the move of <b>Nina Kasimati<\/b> to <b>PASOK<\/b> is also considered a certainty.<\/p>\n<h3>The battle for the provinces<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, <b>Alexis Tsipras <\/b>is reaching out to disgruntled <b>PASOK<\/b> officials. Already, <b>Antonis Saoulidis<\/b> from Thessaloniki is part of the leadership team of <b>ELAS<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the intense conflict between the two parties at the local level is evident in Achaea. There, the president of the Economic Chamber, <b>George Pappas<\/b>, has joined the core group of Tsipras\u2019s associates, even though he was elected on the ticket controlled by the secretary of the Achaea prefectural branch of <b>PASOK<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>This caused quite a stir\u2026 at Harilaou Trikoupi, resulting in <b>George Pappas<\/b> resigning from his position, formalizing his alliance with <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> and his departure from <b>PASOK<\/b>. In fact, reports indicate that the former prime minister is reaching out to officials from <b>Stavros Theodorakis<\/b>\u2019s To Potami party, who have joined <b>PASOK<\/b> in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that in the coming period, as the two parties finalize their candidate lists, this dispute will intensify.<\/p>\n<h3>Mutual accusations on the panels <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>However, beyond the behind-the-scenes drama, now even in their television appearances, leaders of <b>PASOK<\/b> and <b>ELAS<\/b> have begun attacking one another.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <b>Vangelis Tsogas<\/b>, a close associate of <b>Nikos Androulakis<\/b>, launched a particularly harsh attack on <b>Nikos Nifoudis<\/b>, deputy spokesperson for <b>ELAS<\/b>, who once also served in <b>PASOK<\/b>. The <b>PASOK<\/b> official from ERT reminded <b>Nikos Nifoudis<\/b> that he had called <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> a \u201cclown\u201d and a \u201cliar,\u201d <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b>, while the <b>ELAS<\/b> spokesperson accused <b>PASOK<\/b> of the country\u2019s bankruptcy and of being unable to act as an opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Harilaou Trikoupi has decided to open a front against <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> and in the coming days this will become evident as <b>PASOK<\/b> officials launch a relentless war against the representatives of <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the coming period, the battle between PASOK and Alexis Tsipras\u2019s ELAS over who will prevail on the Left will intensify.<br \/>\nThe latest &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}