Panos Kammenos

…the matter imminent, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, the leader of the Independent Greeks, resigned his office in protest, and his party withdrew from the ruling coalition, erasing Tsipras’s razor-thin majority. Facing near-certain rejection of the agreement by the opposition ND, Tsipras chose to call for a vote of confidence in…

…the matter imminent, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, the leader of the ruling coalition’s junior partner, the Independent Greeks, resigned his office in protest. Facing near-certain rejection of the agreement by the opposition ND and with his wafer-thin majority eliminated by the departure of the Independent Greeks from the coalition, Tsipras…