PM Alexis Tsipras

It is absolutely necessary to tone down the rhetoric and to not give the impression that Ankara’s sabre-rattling can influence Greek domestic politics.

No other government promised so much only to break one after another of the pledges that it handed out right and left.

SYRIZA will “take into account the message of citizens by turning our attention to the future of Greek society while at the same time waging the battle of ideas in order to achieve the goal of victory in the general election”.

The Greek Police Chief has also been spotted and photographed at political party gatherings in the provincial cities of Agrinio and Xanthi. Was he overseeing security as he sat in the first row there as well?

The exams involve tens of thousands of families, many of which must travel long distances to cast their ballots because they have chosen to retain their voting rights in their ancestral provinces.

The decimation of the ruling party cannot be intrerpreted as a huge victory for the main opposition party.

Tsipras opted for a major gamble by framing the election as a referendum on his stimulus package and for the first time in nearly four years he lost the bet.

'The electoral result does not satisfy me and I will not ignore it…I cannot ignore it. The final verdict is always delivered by the people. I will not escape,' the PM said.

The looming question now is whether the PM will call a general election immediately or wait until October when his term ends in an effort to turn the tide.

What national interest is served by having film industry executives and ministry staff traveling on a regular passenger ship to see Greece’s beauties even as the competent deputy minister was sailing on a yacht?

The queues of pensioners at ATMs the day the first pension bonus was disbursed demonstrated how much retirees need that money to cover their living needs.

The government exceeded primary surplus targets by taking from the many so as to hand out electoral benefits to the few.

Five months ago Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the metro there with a ticket vending machine that was painted on canvas as a backdrop.

The UK has suffered both a domestic and foreign policy shock brought on by Grexit

It is impermissible for a prime minister to be hosted on a yacht by a private citizen who in turn receives from the PM a public office, a diplomatic passport, and a nomination to gain membership in an international organisation.

The government’s slew of handout and social benefits that are designed to lure voters does not appear to have substantially improved SYRIZA’s polling numbers.

Given the current impasse and the dark electoral projections the only card the PM has left is snap elections.

The Left has always been proud of its moral stance. That moral stance was demolished by the left-wing SYRIZA government.

Marinakis told Real FM in a no-holds barred interview that Pappas told him that he had briefed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras about the meetings and the request.

What remains to be seen is whether the government was unaware of the murky activities and ties between SYRIZA cadres on the one hand and Artemiou and Petsitis on the other.

Left-wing and right-wing populism do not differ much. as they are based on the same type of rhetoric and lies and they deceive citizens in the same manner.

'I directly call upon the Prime Minister and the government to take action to protect the independence of the Bank of Greece, which is guaranteed by both European and Greek law,' said Greece's central banker.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared that not even one iota of parliamentary rules should be changed.

It is inconceivable for a minister whose portfolio is unrelated to foreign affairs to set a foreign policy different than that of the government, or to issue invitations and hand over cities to become foreign bases.