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Conservative New Democracy party leader Evangelos Meimarakis was “liberal” in his disparagement of his main rival Alexis Tsipras on Monday evening, speaking during a late-night current affairs program, and days after a smattering of opinion polls have him catching up with radical leftist or even enjoying a very slim lead.

On the increasingly biting election front, former SYRIZA minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, the head of the leftist breakaway party Popular Unity, was scathing in his criticism of resigned PM Alexis Tsipras on Monday, charging that the latter erroneously believed the coming snap election would be a “cake walk”.

Resigned prime minister Alexis Tsipras held at press conference on Monday from the same city where last year he unveiled his now infamous …Thessaloniki program — boosting social spending, state investments and scrapping the memorandum — although this year’s agenda was predictably dominated by his seven months in power and the third memorandum he negotiated and signed.

The leader of the centrist Potami party on Monday launched in a sharp attack against Alexis Tsipras, who resigned last month and called snap elections in the recession-plagued country.

Evangelos Meimarakis, the leader of conservative New Democracy (ND) party, told Bloomberg on Sunday that his party would join a coalition government with Alexis Tsipras’ leftist SYRIZA.

One might disagree with his political analysis and views, but it has to be acknowledged that he has been consistent in his opinions all along. In an interview to Greek state TV ERT, Monday, Kostas Lapavistas, member and candidate of the SYRIZA-break away party Popular Unity, ‘warned’ the Greek people to expect ‘monstrous’ political collaborations after the September 20 elections.

Former Greek PM and leader of the radical left party SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras is speaking to media at a press conference in the framework of the 2015 Thessaloniki EXPO.

Democratic Left leader Thanasis Theocharopoulos spoke at SKAI TV and said that his party is open for a cooperation with SYRIZA and New Democracy following the elections.

He stated that he is in favor of a coalition government with the participation of both major parties, but he highlighted that the criterion for that cooperation would be “our program”.

Outgoing Speaker of the House Zoe Konstantopoulou called a press conference on Sunday night, simultaneously to Radical Left Coalition leader A. Tsipras’ address at Vellidis Conference Hall in Thessaloniki. She held the conference to respond to comments made by Independent Greeks (ANEL) head Panos Kammenos who accused her of watering down her efforts to combat corruption.

A year after large promises made during the 80th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), the leader of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Alexis Tsipras is back at the scene where he first made pledges that guaranteed him victory in the January 25 elections.

Here are some of the points he made during his speech: