Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Lawmakers end their debate on the government policy statements in Greek Parliament on Wednesday with political leader government policy statements.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday said that the priority of his government, elected on September 20, would be to deliver on its bailout promises so that the country can start tapping into international bond markets by 2017.

“The government has a clear mandate for a four-year term to make the great changes and reforms that Greece needs”, Prime Minister and leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras stressed in his address to the Parliamentary Group of his party.

Greek Deputy Transport Minister, Dimitris Kammenos, announced his resignation on Wednesday just hours after he had assumed the position.

Kammenos, who is MP from the junior coalition party Independent Greeks (ANEL), resigned after a scandal over numerous offensive messages on his Twitter account, daily Kathimerini informs.

The leader of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, was sworn in as prime minister of Greece on Monday after his left-wing party won the most votes at the early parliamentary elections held on Sunday.

Thus, Tsipras assumed the position for the second time this year after he had previously won early elections in January.

Leftist SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn-in before President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday, a day after his party won decisive and much easier than expected election victory.

Tsipras, as he did in January, took a civil oath, instead of the customary religious oath administered by the head of the Autocephalus Orthodox Church of Greece.

Leftist SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras was received by President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday, a day after his party won decisive and much easier than expected election victory.

A day after his party recorded a second victory in the Greek elections in the space of only seven months, left SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras was in continuous meetings with his party staff in a bid to hammer out the new cabinet, Monday.

Left-wing SYRIZA party has won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday's early elections which will give former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras the opportunity to renew his alliance with Independent Greeks and form a coalition government, ekathimerini.com reported.

With 70% of the votes counted, SYRIZA had 35.43%, which would translate into 144 seats in Parliament.

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras won Sunday’s elections and is to be sworn in as the country’s prime minister on Monday evening (8 p.m.). A euphoric Tsipras told journalists – from his party’s headquarters – that the electoral result sent a message to Europe that Greeks were interested in a stable government that would complete its four-year term.

The news from the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) headquarters point to another collaboration with the right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. Indications show that both parties will gather over 151 seats needed to form a government. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras had phone contact with Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos on the formation of a government, say sources.