As riots continue to grip France, the unrest has sparked a sharp political exchange in Greece, with a left-wing party of...
Written on 10/25/2026
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As riots continue to grip France, the unrest has sparked a sharp political exchange in Greece, with a left-wing party official openly calling for Greece to be "next."
Panos Lamprinidis-Stachtos, a former secretary of SYRIZA Youth and now a member of Alexis Tsipras's party ELAS, said on radio station NEO 103.3: "Come on, our turn too. Let Greece be next. We are close." He predicted that November would be a "hot" month with students taking to the streets.
Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis fired back on X, writing that those calling for chaos "want and seek it, because only in it do they thrive." He added that the outcome would be settled at the coming elections, not in the streets. In a separate post, Georgiadis described the unrest in France as involving "a mix of migrants of various generations with their far-left allies," and noted that the town hall in Limoges was burned by hooded far-left rioters.
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis drew a clear line between lawful protest and violence, saying that peaceful demonstration must always be separated from rioting.
Commentator Homer Pavlos weighed in on X on October 23, accusing "leftists and muslims in France" of trying to fill ordinary French citizens with guilt. He called them "the same hypocrites who didn't speak out" after the Bataclan massacre, rejected the label "Islamophobe" being applied to critics of the unrest, and argued that no one ever asked European citizens whether they wanted multicultural societies.
The exchange reflects a broader debate across Europe over immigration, public order, and who gets to define the boundaries of acceptable dissent.
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