
PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis (right) speaks with Athens Mayor Haris Doukas during the second day of the socialist party’s congress, in Athens, on Saturday. Doukas, once and potentially again a rival for the leadership, wants the party to commit formally to no alliance with the ruling New Democracy in case of a hung Parliament after next year’s elections. Androulakis, while a severe critic of the conservatives, is more skeptical of the prospect of a broad left front. He also knows that, if the party’s mediocre showing in opinion polls translates in real voting, it will be open season on him post-election. [Nikos Halkiopoulos/InTime News]