Greek government formation, January
Tsipras confident of winning snap election
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday urged his SYRIZA party to regroup and heed the message of voters ahead of snap national elections he called after a resounding defeat from opposition conservatives in European Parliament elections.
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Varoufakis calls MeRA party's performance in Euro polls 'small political revolution'
On the cusp of securing a seat in the European Parliament, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Monday called the performance of his MeRA25 party "a small political revolution."
European Parliament elections a domestic earthquake
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.
After defeat, Greek PM calls for snap 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.
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Tsipras calls for a snap vote following European election loss
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."
Conservatives take decisive lead in Greek European vote
Greece's opposition New Democracy party took a commanding lead over the ruling leftist SYRIZA in European Parliament elections on Sunday, early results showed, in a blow to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who is facing general elections this year.
Tsipras: Sunday's vote will determine which plan country moves forward with
In his last campaign speech before Sunday's local, regional and European elections, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed the triple ballot's importance, saying "we are voting for our lives." "We're not just deciding who will represent us in the European Parliament but which plan the country will follow after the memorandums," he told a crowd in Syntagma Square.
Tsipras says EU elections are vote of confidence in government plan
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras indicated on Friday the European elections on May 26 will be a "vote of confidence" in the economic plan and tax breaks presented by the government for 2019 and 2020, noting that "everything is open" if his party suffers defeat in the ballot.
Former minister Varoufakis is back with message for Europe
He caused a stir with unorthodox tactics at the peak of Greece's debt crisis four years ago, sees politics as a job that stinks but still needs doing, and says the European Union needs fixing.
Handouts will be judged at Sunday's polls, says PM
The SYRIZA government and a package of relief measures and tax breaks it announced earlier this month will be judged by voters at this Sunday's European Parliament and local elections, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday.
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