Thessaloniki Programme

183 MEPs and another 13 lawmakers from EU countries expressed support to the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government “for its just fight against the one-way road of austerity.” The lawmakers believe that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his leftist party is “linked to a clear hope for a better life away from austerity policies for which it is claimed that there’s no alternatives.”

The four-month anniversary of radical leftist SYRIZA party’s ascent to power comes as it struggles to clinch a deal to extend bailout financing from international creditors and, more ominously, with several of its main pre-election pledges apparently abandoned in the face of tough negotiations.

By Nikos Konstandaras

By Alexis Papachelas

The German tabloid Bild on Monday raised the spectre of a new snap election in Greece, of all things, publishing comments by an "unnamed minister" who opines that the radical leftist government in Athens has "nothing to lose" in heading back to the ballot boxes in case of an impasse with Eurozone creditors.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras issued a letter of congratulations to the New York City-based Greek daily National Herald for its centennial on Friday.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke before his party’s parliamentary group and proceeded with a complete retelling of everything the government has done from the day it was elected, until the deal with the Eurogroup.

According to government sources, the PM spoke of the difficult negotiations and underlined “the government’s achievements so far”, as such:

Government circles characterize the deal with partners and the Varoufakis published list as a small step in the opposite direction that things were heading so far.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received a warm welcome by all parties as he took the podium following Parliamentary Speaker Zoi Konstandopoulou’s prologue. He said that his goal was to serve national interests and to keep his party’s pre-election promises.

European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz criticised on Wednesday the newly-elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of splitting the common European Union (EU) stance on Russia.

Tsipras's radical left party SYRIZA won the early parliamentary elections in Greece on Sunday and established a coalition government with the right-wing Independent Greeks.