While all eyes are on the US elections today, in Greece it seems that there is a permanent state of campaigning. After the PASOK elections a few weeks ago, SYRIZA is now preparing for its own leadership elections this month. In the meantime, internal drama in New Democracy and PASOK’s improved poll numbers have caught the media’s attention as well. Panos Koliastasis, adjunct lecturer in politics at the Hellenic Open University and author of the book Permanent campaigning in Greece in times of crisis, joins Thanos Davelis to look at these developments and what message they send about Greece’s political scene.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Rival factions claim victory in SYRIZA delegate elections ahead of pivotal party congress

ND and SYRIZA contend with internal strife as PASOK advances

ND’s strategy against PASOK: Divide and conquer

Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum is finally set to open

Pro-EU leader wins Moldova election despite alleged Russian meddling

Mitsotakis congratulates Moldovan president on re-election