SYRIZA Collapses to 20 Lawmakers as Three More Quit in Single Day, Leadership Fight Looms

Greece's SYRIZA party has lost three more lawmakers to independent status within hours,, leaving it with just 20 seats in Parliament and dropping it to the fourth-largest parliamentary bloc, behind the Communist Party, as an internal leadership battle intensifies. Lawmaker Andreas Panagiotopoulos of Achaia announced his departure first, followed within hours by Giorgos Gavrilos of Argolida and then Giorgos Psychogios of Corinthia. Simeon Kedikoglou is expected to relinquish his seat within d...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA