New round of measures expected as PM seeks to limit SYRIZA losses

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has entered a critical two-month period which will determine whether he will call snap elections in May or attempt to complete his beleaguered government's four-year term in October.

The government has been tested in recent weeks after effectively losing its majority in Parliament following the departure of junior coalition party leader Panos Kammenos, who continues a liability for Tsipras.

In spite of a slew of handouts distributed over the past few months, Tsipras's leftist SYRIZA continues to lag conservative New Democracy in opinion polls. The prime minister is expected to try to shrink that difference with some additional social measures, as well as initiatives such as a much-vaunted review of the Constitution. The government is also counting on prosecutors probing the Novartis bribery scandal to bring charges against key political...