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Potami party leader Theodorakis announces his candidacy for new progressive party leadership

Potami party leader Theodorakis announces his candidacy for new progressive party leadership

Potami party leader Stavros Theodorakis announced in a statement on Friday that he will be standing as a candidate for the leadership of the new progressive party of the centre-left.

He explained that after his own party's three-year contribution to Greece's political life, it was now the time to take the next step.

Theodorakis said that his plans for the new party were simple; a relentless struggle for a fair country providing jobs and equal opportunities for everyone. The main principles inspiring this effort, he added, could be summed up as follows:

- Employees are not tax-collection machines
- The public sector is not political party booty
- Young people are not an export product

Theodorakis also noted that Greeks must be able to feel happy in their neighborhoods. "We must build, on new foundations, a Greece that produces and creates," he underlined.