Few figures in modern Greek history have divided opinion as sharply as former Prime minister Alexis Tsipras. To some, he is the firebrand populist who took the country to the edge of financial abyss. To others he was the man who dared to confront Europe’s most powerful institutions at the height of the debt crisis but at the end betrayed his own promises when he signed the bailout agreement he once campaigned against. On Monday, Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation as a member of parliament for SYRIZA, a move widely interpreted as a prelude to launching a new political entity outside the party he once led.

New South Wales MP and Greek-Australian George Souris declared that he will not participate in state elections in 2015, following 27 working years in Parliament.

The resignation of Larissa MP Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos has created turmoil in extreme right wing Golden Dawn party, as it's the first time a party cadre has denounced the party as a criminal organization.