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Greece has seen quieter summer. No sooner had the third bailout loan after dramatic weeks in the bag, Alexis Tsipras announced on Thursday evening his resignation. The Greeks are to vote again, and fast: On September 20, in a month, wants the left prime minister have a new vote after barely six months in office

First, Tsipras has but with riots in. within its own ranks to fight: In Parliament 25 MPs of the left wing of his Syriza party have formed a separate parliamentary group on Friday morning. Topping “Laiki Enotita” (National Unity) by former Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. Ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is not part of the split-off group

formation of a government attempt to conservatives

Tsipras’ plan for rapid elections could also from the Nea Dimokratia (ND) are thwarted. Evangelos Meimarakis, Interim Chairman of the Conservative former ruling party since the resignation of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wants to exploit the room for maneuver which the Constitution gives him. He received as head of the second largest parliamentary party at midnight the mandate to form a government. You may also use the fascists, it has been speculated in the night on Friday in Athens. But the voices are not enough.

Tsipras had previously resigned. The Greeks should decide on “all that I have done,” the 41-year-old insured thick makeup and ingenuously in his brief televised address on Thursday night, his eyes fixed on the invisible teleprompter where the speech text was.

Forked Syriza

But that’s only half the story. “The government has no majority. No one can ignore,” had Panos Skourletis, the Minister for Energy, Environment and reconstruction, previously given on the day on state television ERT. More than a quarter of the parliamentary faction of Syriza, the reigning leftist Minor party alliance, the Premier failed last allegiance

The credit agreement with the creditors, the new tax hikes and pension cuts, the resumption of privatization -. All the complete opposite of election promises and speeches, with whom the party had stepped before the Greeks and had won their historic election victory in January. Syriza has since split. The early parliamentary election next month Tsipras will bring them to the new course. So the Greeks must once again go to the polls because the Prime Minister has a problem with his own party. “I want to be completely honest,” Tsipras said the Greeks on Thursday night. “We have not reached the agreement that we wanted.”

transitional government

As 2012 will be a transitional government of civil servants run the country for four weeks. Interim Prime Minister is then the chairman of the Constitutional Court, Vassiliki Thanou-Christofilou. But previously has ND boss Meimarakis three days for soundings. Together with the socialist Pasok and the liberal Civic Movement To Potami he would only 106 votes in the parliament; He could also Tsipras’ right-wing populist coalition partner Anel persuade (Independent Greeks) – which is unlikely – he might have 13 more seats

However, even with the support of the fascists of the Golden Dawn, it would not apply to the majority of. Governance of at least 151 seats rich; possibly for a very improbable also minority government. The fascists are 6.9 percent of the vote and 17 mandates, the third strongest force in parliament, just ahead To Potami (6.1 per cent and also 17 mandates).

fascists could explore

scooping Meimarakis and thereafter did Nikolaos Michaloliakos who is under house arrest head of the fascists, their mandates to form a government fully, but could the election date 20 September to Tsipras wants wiggle. Possibly, even the split of the Syriza “National Unity” received the mandate to form a government.

Polls certify Tsipras despite the spectacular reversals continued popularity. Syriza has been able to count on about 30 percent of the votes or more. As a split in the party would affect the voters, however, is not yet clear. In his televised address Tsipras attacked his internal party opponents. They would undermine the proper first leftist government in Greece, he said. (Markus Bernath, 08/21/2015)