The survival of Alexis Tsipras

Since 2015, when he came to power with leftist SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras is said to have maintained a neutral stance twice: The first was when he announced a referendum in June 2015. It was a political decision he made himself. Supposedly, as prime minister, he should have followed a neutral stance. Supposedly. In fact, both he and mainly his closer allies in the party (and of course the ordinary voters of SYRIZA) supported the "No" vote (a rejection of Greece's bailout deal), which triumphed in the polls. However, the result was overturned in favor of "Yes" by Tsipras himself, and while his voters were still reveling carelessly in the main square of Athens. The second was the neutrality he supposedly maintained after his resignation and in the midst of the arrival of newly elected leader, Stefanos Kasselakis. This time, he remained so neutral that his old associates - and even...