Student youth groups across Greece have been protesting against the conservative government’s plan to allow foreign private universities to set up branches in the country
Students, teachers, and progressive groups are protesting a bill that permits private universities to operate in Greece. They say it will be detrimental to the interests of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and downgrade the value of degrees in government institutions
The Kyriakos Mitsotakis government is trying to push a controversial bill to open private universities in the country by circumventing a constitutional ban
Panspoudastiki KS, which is backed by the Communist Youth of Greece, won 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled for the student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10
Radical struggles waged by the Students Struggle Front (MAS) along with youth over the past few years saw Panspoudastiki KS emerging as the leading force in student elections