SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis stressed the need for Europe to change to avoid suffering a major political setback in statements to the press after he was re-elected again Vice-President of the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Greek MEP and vice president of European Parliament Dimitris Papadimoulis underlined in Euroobserver that “in the broader context, the ECB has been called to deal with the eurozone’s catastrophic austerity politics that have almost frozen growth rates below 2% since 2010, weakened macroeconomic indicators, and created a suffocating, unfriendly environment for investments, especially in the European South.

SYRIZA cadres are distancing themselves from the position of mp Panayotis Lafazanis for a return of Greece to the drachma.