PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has called for a parliamentary debate on Greece’s stance toward Palestine, seeking to reaffirm and update a 2015 resolution backing Palestinian state recognition, Greek daily Kathimerini reported on Monday.
Androulakis sent the request to Parliament Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis, who forwarded it to the prime minister’s office for a final decision. The 2015 resolution was passed unanimously by Parliament following a Foreign Affairs Committee proposal.
The move underscores PASOK’s effort to chart an independent course from other progressive opposition parties and the ruling center-right government, according to Kathimerini.
SYRIZA, the main leftist opposition party, criticized the initiative, accusing PASOK of undermining efforts to build a joint opposition front. SYRIZA last week called for coordinated action to end Israel’s Gaza campaign, impose sanctions and formally recognize Palestinian statehood.
PASOK officials countered that SYRIZA, which governed in 2015, had failed to implement the resolution at the time. The Communist Party (KKE) also attacked PASOK’s stance, saying it was focused on “repeating a resolution instead of pressuring the government to enforce it.”
KKE leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas submitted a separate parliamentary question in May demanding the resolution’s immediate implementation.