Pavlos Polakis

Tsipras’ flirt with centrist voters lasted only a few days, as did the rebuke of the Chania, Crete, MP, who immediately unleashed new threats in the social media.

Tsipras may have verbally expressed annoyance but in fact he continues to offer political cover to the phenomenon of Polakism .

It is a dishonour for any politician to invoke a law that protects ministers from prosecution by requiring that Parliament lift his or her parliamentary immunity.

When Greece had 39 deaths from the flu Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis appeared on TV and said 'This is not a catastrophe.'

At a cabinet meeting yesterday, the PM unleashed yet another attack on the country’s central banker, describing him as an “over-valued technocrat”.

It is not merely political culture that mandates that a politician should not use unbecoming language or unleash threats.

Polakis latest Facebook post has been roundly criticised by opposition parties for trampling on the separation of powers and for essentially doing the dirty work on behalf of the PM.

The government has polarised the political system. It has attempted to divide society. It has manufactured enemies. It has sent messages of intolerance.

The leader of Plefsi Eleftherias says that Kotzias’ resignation reveals a government that conducts foreign policy in a dangerous, incoherent manner that harms Greece