Political turmoil set to widen this week

A week of political tensions lies ahead with the impact of the European elections continuing to resonate across the three big political parties that failed to reach their goals.

In ruling New Democracy party former PM Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras are both set to speak in a closely watched event on Monday evening, seen as a repudiation against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, following the disappointing EU election results.

Main opposition SYRIZA party could be close to another split, with an internal war ongoing and dozens of officials questioning and criticizing the party's leader Stefanos Kasselakis and reiterating the need for cooperation among the center-left parties.

Socialists PASOK party heads to leadership elections in October, as the party's leader Nikos Androulakis announced on Sunday. Androulakis faced strong criticism after PASOK failed...