SYRIZA strife reshuffling political pack

The internal strife raging within main opposition SYRIZA, with the expulsion of top officials by new leader Stefanos Kasselakis causing aftershocks that are reverberating across the country's political scene as the specter of a split looms and the creation of a new left-wing party is becoming increasingly likely.

First of all, ruling New Democracy is facing the unprecedented scenario of having essentially no main opposition party to contend with. In actuality, this would put the conservatives at risk of complacency and under the illusion that it will be able to proceed without difficulty. 

In this setting, New Democracy has to do three things, according to government sources in comments to Kathimerini.

First, it must remain focused on the task over which it will ultimately be judged and secondly contain any leaks to its right since the fear of a return of the...