The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology, commonly known as Synaspismos and abbreviated to SYN (ΣΥΝ), was a Greek political party of the radical New Left. It was founded in 1991 and was known as the Coalition of the Left and Progress until 2003. In 2004 SYN was a founding member of the Party of the European Left.
Former Synaspismos leader Alekos Alavanos giving a speech at a SYRIZA rally in Athens
Last chairman Alexis Tsipras
SYN Youth members in a 2007 Coalition of the Radical Left rally
Image: Ministru prezidents Valdis Dombrovskis tiekas ar Eiropas Savienības (ES) jūrlietu un zivsaimniecības komisāri Mariju Damanaki (7093055433) (cropped)
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance, best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA, is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Greece. It was founded in 2004 as a political coalition of left-wing and radical left parties, and registered as a political party in 2012.
Former leader of Syriza, Alekos Alavanos, speaking in Athens in 2007
Manolis Glezos during the 2007 elections
Party's youth in 2007
Six party leaders' televised debate ahead of the 2009 legislative elections. Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza, is in the centre
