Giorgos Varemenos breaks from SYRIZA to remain independent

Giorgos Varemenos, the Member of Parliament for Aetolia-Acarnania, has announced his decision to accept his parliamentary seat and subsequently become an independent, breaking away from the SYRIZA parliamentary group.

Varemenos took over the seat previously held by Miltos Zambaras, who resigned to join Alexis Tsipras’s new political movement, ELAS. Varemenos stated that he accepted the seat to prevent it from being transferred to PASOK, arguing that his decision keeps the seat within the Left.

He criticized the current state of SYRIZA, claiming it bears no resemblance to the party he ran with in 2023. Varemenos also confirmed that he will not be a candidate for the ELAS party, though he declined to comment on whether he would run with another political organization.