MEP Marilena Koppa announced her independence from PASOK. Hereafter I have no organizational relationship with PASOK . I remain as an independent MEP in the Group of Socialists and Democrats," she said.

Alexis Tsipras officially opened his party’s election campaign, saying that local and European Parliament elections are seen by his party as a referendum "for the memorandums, the troika and the inhuman policies of austerity"

Low income men are Golden Dawn voters in their vast majority, according to a poll by GPO pollsters for Mega private TV channel.

Greek bond yields hovered on Tuesday around their lowest since the country's debt was restructured, with its international lenders set to return to Athens this week to resume bailout talks.