University Student Elections:Panspoudastiki Leads as the First Force for the 4th Consecutive Year!

The student elections have been completed across the country, with youth delivering a resounding response  once again making Panspoudastiki KS—the list supported by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) at universities—the first force for the fourth consecutive year. Once again, they left DAP, the government-backed right, liberal New Democracy’s list in second place.

According to the final results, Panspoudastiki received 33.64% of the votes, while DAP  obtained 23.93%. Panspoudastiki emerged first in 14 Universities and in 133 Student Unions, achieving an absolute majority in 96 of them.

Students strongly condemned the New Democracy government’s policy favoring private universities, the downgrading and commercialization of education and degrees. They demonstrated in practice their opposition to the dominant policies that produce tragedies like the Tempi railway disaster and subsequently attempt to cover them up. They also raised their voices against the genocide of the Palestinian people. The students sent a powerful message against the government’s organized attempt to distract from the real problems, to erase the student movement, and turned their backs on the factions of compromise with anti-people policies.