Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Mr. Tsipras was greatly aided by the failure of efforts to unite the Greek centre-left – which sought to bring into a coalition Pasok, the Potami party, and the Democratic Left.

Tsipras stressed that he is the prime minister that led the country out of the bailout memorandum era while tending to the needs of those in lower income brackets,

Mitsotakis said the agreement was that Tsipras keeps his parliamentary majority and Kammenos would retain the five MPs needed to remain a parliamentary party.

The talks also touched on tax cuts that ND has proposed, attracting investment, and continuing on the path of structural reforms.

Mitsotakis said Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA will destroy the country if they complete their term in office.

New Democracy linked the government with Rouvikonas and the anarchist group with the top gun of the defunct 17N terrorist group.

'Who are you with – the university students or the thugs? We are with the students and not with those occupying campus buildings. We stand for legality and normalcy,' Mitsotakis asked the PM.

'He has learned nothing from the crisis or from his lies, which he dubbed ‘self-deceptions’. He had the audacity to promise 10,000 new civil service positions to be paid for by citizens whom he has brought to their knees through taxes and insurance contributions.

New Democracy, which yesterday celebrated the 44th anniversary of its founding, is trying to plot its course in a new era, balancing between tradition and renewal.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with his speech and press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair, was speaking mainly to what is considered the middle class

The photographs of the attack on the High Court were carried in the international press, marring the country’s image once again