The Democratic Left (DIMAR) party is holding its 2nd Congress in an effort to determine its alliances and strategies ahead of elections for local authorities and EU Parliament, in May.

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

If main opposition SYRIZA wins the europarliament elections, then the government will no longer have a mandate to run the country and national elections will follow, was the gist of an interview main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras gave to the Financial Times, Reuters, and the BBC.