Greek government-debt crisis

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on May 26 he would call for early polls next month after a drubbing at European and local elections.

The political scene changed utterly Sunday, as New Democracy swept to a convincing victory over the ruling SYRIZA party in European Parliament elections. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had framed the poll as a vote of confidence in his government, his policies and himself. The vote, however, turned out to be not only a defeat for Tsipras but also an earthquake in Greece's politics.

Straight on the heels of a crushing defeat for SYRIZA in the 26 May European Parliament and local elections, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced that on 3 June, the day after local elections run-offs, he will visit President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and request the proclamation of early elections.

Following a resounding defeat to conservative New Democracy on Sunday night in European Parliament elections, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he will call early elections after the second round of local and regional elections next weekend.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called for an early national election following the defeat of his party at the European Parliament elections.
Tsipras said from the SYRIZA party offices that "the result does not rise to our expectations ... I will not ignore it or quit."

The Singular Logic company which for many years has administered the vote count on behalf of the Interior Ministry has projected a nine percentage point lead ( with a margin of error of 0.5 percentage points) of main opposition New Democracy over ruling SYRIΖΑ in today's European Parliament election.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is likely to call snap elections in June, a source in his SYRIZA party said on Sunday on condition of anonymity.
SYRIZA, in power since 2015, suffered a heavy defeat on Sunday in elections for new delegates to the European Parliament, trailing behind the main opposition New Democracy party by about nine points.

The head of the center-left Movement for Change alliance, which saw its popularity grow in Sunday's polls for European Parliament and regional and local elections, called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call early elections in the wake of his ruling SYRIZA party's defeat.

The outcome of Sunday's triple elections is a "victory for Greece," former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras said after official projections showed opposition New Democracy firmly in the lead in polls for European Parliament and regional and local government.

Confronted with an apparent stinging defeat in today's European Parliament election, the government is arguing that the result is not the strategic defeat of the ruling party that main opposition New Democracy and the centre-left Movement for Change had called on voters to deliver to SYRIZA.