The hard-left politician has the third-largest grouping in the Greek parliament following the creation last week of the Popular Unity party, a splinter group from the left-wing Syriza party in power since January.
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Greek conservative opposition hands back mandate to form government
24 August 2015
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The leader of Greece`s main opposition party handed back a mandate to form a government to the country`s president on Monday, after failing to do so within a three-day deadline following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras`s resignation last week.
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos was expected to hand the mantle to leftist leader Panagiotis Lafazanis next.
The hard-left politician has the third-largest grouping in the Greek parliament following the creation last week of the Popular Unity party, a splinter group from the left-wing Syriza party in power since January.
The hard-left politician has the third-largest grouping in the Greek parliament following the creation last week of the Popular Unity party, a splinter group from the left-wing Syriza party in power since January.
