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As a member of Syriza, [5] he was elected to the European Parliament on 26 May 2019 [6] for a four-year term. His platform included the promotion of the cinema of Greece. [4] When his involvement in an alleged case of sexual harassment went public in 2023, he was expelled from both Syriza and The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL. [7] [8]
Leonidas Kyrkos was born in Heraklion, Crete, to Greek politician Michail Kyrkos, who went on to, along with Ioannis Pasalidis, form the United Democratic Left in 1951. [ 1 ] In his teens, Kyrkos joined the communist youth and in 1941, he joined the resistance against the German occupiers.
The culmination of discontent after the revelation of the tape led to mass demonstrations on 26 January 2026 in 110 cities in Greece and 16 abroad. [81] Tens of thousands of Greeks protested outside the parliament in Athens, demanding justice for the 57 victims of the February 28, 2023, train crash.
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TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people ...
Greece has had a delegation of Members of the European Parliament in the European Parliament since Greek accession to the EU in 1981. Originally, the Greek delegation numbered 25, but after 2004 that was reduced to 24 (due to the increase of the EU member countries). In 2009, it was further reduced to 22, and in 2014 to 21 MEPs.
Carriages derailed and at least three burst into flames after passenger train collided with oncoming freigh train near town of Tempe in Thessaly region, northern Greece
This is a list of the 21 members of the European Parliament for the Greece in the 2019 to 2024 session. Members of the European Parliament for Greece; Delegation (1981)