Christos Laskos

Christos Laskos is a Greek economist, teacher and author. He was a member of the political secretariat of Syriza and co-author of Crucible of Resistance with Euclid Tsakalotos.[1]

Political career

In 2014, Laskos was selected as one of Syriza's candidates for the upcoming European Parliament election.[2]

Laskos has been described as one "the best-known intellectuals of Tsipras’s majority". He resigned from Syriza's political secretariat following the announcement of snap elections in September 2015. Antonis Davanellos said that following his resignation, Laskos was "trying to organise other forms of opposition to the memorandum policies of Syriza."[3]

References
  1. "About the Author". University of Chicago Press Books. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. "SYRIZA: These are the 34 candidates for the European elections – Not enough votes for the Dean of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, awaiting Lazopoulos answer". Proto Thema. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. "The Left after Syriza". International Socialist Review. 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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