Tsipras: Proportional representation is dead for decades

In the May 21 national election, the left-wing main opposition SYRIZA party lost 11.5 points compared to the previous election, in July 2019, and got 20.07% of the vote, far behind ruling New Democracy's 40.79%.

SYRIZA President and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras provides his own interpretation of the election result in an interview with Kathimerini. He reviews his four years as leader of the opposition, he speaks about mistakes he made and explains how he envisions the "day after" for his party.

Mr. president, I would first like to ask you if you have arrived at an explanation for this result .

Even though we did not have enough time for an in-depth analysis, I think we reached some conclusion. Strategically, we got trapped in defending the principle of simple proportional representation and we think this is one of the main rerasons for...