Back to the future

Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Nikos Androulakis hailed a new era late Sunday after party members voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the party's ...

Androulakis, an MEP, was elected new KINAL leader in December. The name change, decided in a ballot that drew more than 170,000 members, signals a return to the political legacy of once-dominant Panhellenic Socialist Movement founded by the late Andreas Papandreou in 1974. “The people have decided: Our symbol, the sun, is back – along with the memories of a historic party that has come to be identified with [Greek] people’s battles for democracy, social justice and national dignity,” Androulakis said.