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Christos Giannoulis

Greek politician

  • Jul 12

    SYRIZA press secretary says only parliamentary group can readmit expelled MPs, after central committee tensions

    Christos Giannoulis pushed back against a Central Committee decision on Saturday, insisting that only the president and the parliamentary group can reinstate a dismissed lawmaker.

  • Jun 16

    SYRIZA leader Famellos removes top spokespersons in reshuffle amid pressure from Tsipras’s new party

    SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos removed parliamentary spokesperson Nikos Pappas and press spokesperson Kostas Zachariadis on Tuesday, installing Theofilos Xanthopoulos, Kostas Barkas and Christos Giannoulis in their roles as the party grapples with internal dissent over relations with Alexis Tsipras’s new ELAS party.

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