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Fofi Gennimata, leader of the centrist alliance Movement for Change (KINAL), did not rule out cooperating with SYRIZA or New Democracy after elections later this year.

Independent MP Giorgos Amyras is giving up his parliamentary seat ahead of European Parliament elections where he is expected to run as an MEP candidate for conservative New Democracy opposition, reports said Wednesday.

SYRIZA is trailing New Democracy by 14.5 percentage points, according to a new survey carried out by Public Issue which was released Wednesday.

According to the survey, which was carried out from 1 to 14 February, 39 percent of respondents said they would vote for the conservative opposition compared to 24.5 percent for the incumbent leftists.

A survey ordered by the European Parliament on the strength of parties in all EU member-states in the run-up to May's European Parliament election shows that New Democracy maintains an 11.3 percentage point lead over ruling SYRIZA.

History is littered with all manner of what-ifs, which remain unanswered and are only discussed by historians and armchair pundits.

I was thinking the other day how different things would have turned out for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greece if he had been wiser in his selection of coalition partners and government officials from the outset.

The developments inside centrist To Potami and nationalist Independent Greeks are not just a result of the developments surrounding the Prespes agreement, tactical maneuvering and trade-offs with ruling SYRIZA - they are also the result of a more general crisis in our political system.

Given some of the outstanding people it boasted among its ranks, both experienced politicians and outsiders who had already succeeded in other fields, the Potami party could have evolved into a robust and influential player on the local political stage.

Centrist To Potami on Friday joined calls from the opposition for an investigation into allegations made by Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos suggesting that an official in the prime minister's office had attempted to steer judicial investigations in favor of the government.

Stavros Theodorakis, leader of To Potami centrists, on Thursday said Greece should endorse a name deal with neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) or risk being alienated from its western partners.

Deputy Citizens' Protection Minister Katerina Papacosta indicated on Thursday that she will vote in favor of the Prespes accord in Parliament tonight, adding to the number of MPs who have expressed their support for the deal.