–Syriza leader Tsipras Expected To Take Full Three Days In Bid
The leader of Greece’s far-left party Syriza, which placed second
in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, on Tuesday received a mandate to
form a coalition government after conservative New Democracy head
Antonis Samaras failed in his bid to do so Monday.
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras said he would do everything possible
to succeed. He is expected to use all three days available to him to try
and form a government, whereas Samaras surrendered the mandate after
only five hours, finding it impossible to bridge the differences between
his party and others to his left.
Tsipras will meet today with his counterparts from other
left-leaning parties, but will also meet with Samaras and with Evangelos
Venizelos, head of the Socialist Party (Pasok) on the third day.
–Athens bureau, a_papamiltiadou@hotmail.com
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