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The Euro Parliament leader of the European People's Party Manfred Weber on Thursday expressed his support for Greece's conservative New Democracy opposition.

"We have complete trust in ND, Greece's pro-European party, and in @kmitsotakis," Weber tweeted, in Greek, referring to conservative chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras blasted Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of major opposition party New Democracy for ‘siding’ with the IMF’s positions in the negotiations, during a heated debate in the Greek parliament, on the a scheduled discussion on the financial transparency of political parties and conflict of interest, Friday.

The European Parliament elections represent a victory for Euroskeptics. Non-affiliated lawmakers, who are mostly Euroskeptics, won 105 seats in the European Parliament. This means that the Euroskeptics have gained an extra 72 seats compared to the previous elections.

SYRIZA confirmed on Tuesday, following some two weeks of deliberations, that Thrace-based Roma activist Sabiha Suleiman will not stand as a candidate with the leftist party in the May 25 European Parliament elections.

SYRIZA has opted for Oumit Mestan Osman, a member of the region’s Muslim minority, instead.