Tsipras calls for snap General Elections in Greece

Tsipras calls for snap General Elections in Greece
# 27 May 2019 04:20 (UTC +04:00)

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Sunday he would call for snap general elections in the country after 2 June, ONA rpeorts quoting sputniknews.

"Following the second round of local elections (on 2 June), I will ask the president to immediately call national elections", Tsipras said in a televised address Sunday, cited by AFP.

Earlier on Sunday, the leader of Greece's opposition New Democracy party which is leading in the European Parliament elections, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called for the resignation of Alexis Tsipras.

"The prime minister must take responsibility and he must resign, and the country will head to national elections as soon as possible", Mitsotakis said.

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