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Tsipras calls for snap election after European Parliament vote loss

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epa07604598 Greek Prime Minister and leader of SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras (C) delivers a speech on the European parliamentary elections in Athens, Greece, 26 May 2019. Greece had triple elections, for Local Government, Regional Government and the European Parliament. Tsipras said that after the second round of the elections for the local administration on Sunday 02 June, he will meet with President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and ask for the dissolution of parliament and national elections, probably on June 30. EPA-EFE/SIMELA PANTZARTZI

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he will call for early elections after the second round of local and regional elections.

Speaking outside SYRIZA party headquarters in Athens in the wake of his party’s defeat in European Parliament elections, Tsipras said the polls were a vote of confidence in the government’s policy. “The outcome was not up to our expectations,” he said.

The likely date for early elections is Sunday, June 30.

Earlier Opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and early elections in the wake of what appears to be a resounding defeat for the governing leftists on Sunday night.

via EKathimerini

 

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