January 2015 Greek government formation

The statement of the president of SYRIZA - Gerovassili speaks of "the dissolution of the party created by Tsipras" - "Probably not informed" says Spirtzis - Sharp response from Tzakri

Since 2015, when he came to power with leftist SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras is said to have maintained a neutral stance twice: The first was when he announced a referendum in June 2015. It was a political decision he made himself. Supposedly, as prime minister, he should have followed a neutral stance. Supposedly.

Member of the European Parliament Petros Kokkalis announced his departure from the SYRIZA Eurogroup on Thursday.

In his statement, he thanked former SYRIZA president Alexis Tsipras and noted that "a circle is closing but nothing ends here."

The SYRIZA government was an accident of history. A farce. It arose when Greece went bankrupt and people's anger turned against - rightfully so - the parties that had ruled the country until then: PASOK and New Democracy.

SYRIZA now seems like two parties in one

The three parties to the right of New Democracy are negative about the possibility of Greece appealing to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to resolve its differences with Turkey. This became clear during the discussion of the government's goals for the new four-year term in Parliament last week.

An acrimonious public conflict has broken out between erstwhile allies SYRIZA and the former leader of the nationalist ANEL party, Panos Kammenos, who were partners in government between 2015 and 2019.

SYRIZA's political secretariat has decided to propose a late August date for the left-wing party's Congress, with the aim of electing a new leader by early September.

Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday that he will step down as leader after 15 years and that he will not be a candidate for his own succession.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the decision of Alexis Tsipras to resign from the leadership of SYRIZA was "expected" after his party's poor showing in several election battles.

Former SYRIZA alternate migration minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou has said that if the party returns to power it should pack the judiciary and public administration with its own cadres, as PASOK had done when it came to power in 1981.

"We must have our own people, in order to be able to influence them on the spot," she told a party gathering," as Parapolitika reported.