PM rules out possibility of early elections

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out any possibility of early elections on Friday, saying his government will see out its four-year term, in response to suggestions by opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras that he would spring a surprise with snap polls after the summer. 

"There will be no elections before the end of the four-year term. In no way at all does the country need elections [now]," Mitsotakis told a Parliament session Friday, adding however that "some adjustments" will be made to the government's plans, which was seen to hint at a cabinet reshuffle. 

Earlier Tsipras had predicted that the government, having made commitments to its partners, would not shy away from new austerity measures either at the end of the year or early 2021. Against this backdrop, Tsipras said, the prime minister would be amenable to suggestions for early polls before his...