Suffering a larger than anticipated loss, Tsipras was responding to SYRIZA’s nearly double digit, crashing defeat with his party members before holding a press conference and announcing his decision.
Under normal circumstances, Tsipras’ 2015 mandate ends in October.
In a speech at SYRIZA party premises, Tsipras said he would meet with the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos after the second round of Prefectoral and Local elections (next Sunday) to call snap elections immediately. This, according to Greek electoral law would position the most probable date for Greece to go to the ballots on the 30th of June.
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