Opposition parties react to leftist MP's Grexit comments

Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government after a leftist lawmaker said a discussion on a Greek exit from the euro should not be considered "taboo."

Speaking on Skai TV earlier in the day, SYRIZA MP Nikos Xydakis said that Parliament should be open to a discussion on Greece's prospects outside the eurozone.

"There should be no taboos when we're talking about the nation's fate. We should be building scenarios, examining history," Xydakis said. "We have reached a point where the populace has run out of physical tolerance. I believe we need an in-depth political and national discussion that has not taken place in seven years and, of course, this discussions needs to start in Parliament."

Xydakis has made similar comments in the past, but his most recent suggestion that Greece may be better off returning to its national...