Head of the Popular Unity party Panagiotis Lafazanis attacked SYRIZA and its leadership from the pogium of the main election party gathering in Thessaloniki, in the harbor area, talking to, what was basically, an empty square!

The parliamentary spokesperson for SYRIZA, Panagiotis Lafazanis doubled down on his radical view for what a SYRIZA government would entail for the country, reiterating the position that a SYRIZA government would cancel the Memoranda Agreements and see the Troika would depart from the country.

A little after 17.00 pm on Wednesday, parliament was shut down after a relevant decision that surprised many, despite intense rumors preceding the move. Parliament will remain closed for two weeks pending the opening of summer sessions.