Papadimoulis: SYRIZA is more popular among the people than in parliament
"Some SYRIZA deputies have made their choice to pass to the opposition and to create a new party that will oppose to SYRIZA with banner the return to the national currency and this forces the government and the prime minister to take political initiatives," Europarliament Vice President and SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis stated on Thursday speaking to private MEGA TV.
Papadimoulis expressed his certainty that "SYRIZA, the government and most of all Alexis Tsipras are more popular to the people than in the current government and this will be proved through democratic procedures."
"We are experiencing the chronicle of a division foretold for a long time," he said adding that "his comrades' decision to divide SYRIZA is a very wrong decision which will be judged by the citizens."