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Awkward reception, sarcastic reactions & who backed Tsipras’ “ELAS” from day one: Former comrades, MPs & new faces

The first public appearance of the “Greek Left Alliance” of the new party announced by Alexis Tsipras from Thiseio was accompanied by sharp criticism and intense political undercurrents

Mitsotakis pits Tsipras, Androulakis and Karystianou against each other as a political “Babylon” and contrasts this with political stability

The PM contrasts the implementation of reforms that affect citizens’ daily lives, assessing that what matters to them is not personality-driven formations

The day after the premiere of Tsipras’s ELAS: His hidden benchmark, SYRIZA’s reaction & New Left meeting in session

The political messages of ELAS’s first appearance - From Thissio, the former prime minister attempted to send a message of political return, with references stretching from the traditional Left to a broader progressive and patriotic audience

Alexis Tsipras’s new party to be called “EL.A.S. – Hellenic Left Alliance” – Founding declaration & 7 commitments set for signing

“The political movement of the former prime minister was presented in Thiseio - Everything that happened and who attended

“Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Cabinet: Political Babel with the new parties, diesel subsidy extended through June”

The Prime Minister referred to “new parties with newly appearing or reappearing protagonists who wear a different mask, while they are already known from their public presence” – Fuel pass is not extended

“Sto Xiliosto: Black Friday, Paul ‘Grexit’ Thomsen and Strauss-Kahn’s self-criticism”

The Europeans had a file ready for a new drachma that would be devalued by 60%-80% overnight – The IMF made a profit of $5 billion from the Greek loans – Juncker, the tax on shipowners and Tsipras’ reaction

Maria Karystianou will submit tomorrow to the Supreme Court the declaration for the founding of “Hope for Democracy”

At 10 in the morning the signatures and the relevant declaration will be submitted

Sto Xiliosto: Europeans had a ready plan B for Grexit under the codename “Albania” – They estimated a 60-80% devaluation of the new currency

Paul Thomsen of the IMF wanted Greece’s exit from the euro – Klaus Regling stated that “the IMF earned a few billion euros from the Greek memorandum” – The two major mistakes admitted by the IMF regarding the first program

Anti-vaxxers, drachma supporters and Putin followers in Maria Karystianou’s “Hope” party – the people supporting her

Attendees from the families of Tempi victims were absent from the “Olympion” – “Russian influences” in the front row – and reactions over alleged copyright theft!

Cabinet meeting to take place on Tuesday – The issues to be discussed

The Cabinet is expected to also approve the reappointment of Yannis Stournaras as Governor of the Bank of Greece

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