Following several weeks of tensions, a left-wing faction within SYRIZA, Greece’s main opposition, announced on Sunday that it was peeling off, accusing newly elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis of “Trumpian practices” and abandoning the party’s core left wing ideology for a sort of “right-wing populism.” Nektaria Stamouli, an Athens based journalist and Politico’s Eastern Mediterranean correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the current crisis within SYRIZA, look at the likelihood of a new party emerging on Greece’s left, and break down what SYRIZA’s implosion means for both New Democracy and PASOK, which is looking to overtake SYRIZA as Greece’s main opposition.Read Nektaria Stamouli's latest for Politico here: Syriza’s bad Sunday: Greece’s main opposition cracks upYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Mitsotakis-Scholz talks to focus on economy, migration, energy, Mideast crisisGreece starts process to sell 20% stake in National BankUSAID signs partnership with Greece to improve energy security in western Balkans

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