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What happened to Syriza's far-left members after Alexis Tsipras resigned in 2015?
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Alexis Tsipras
Leader of Syriza Alexis Tsipras, 2012.
Following Alexis Tsipras's resignation as prime minister in August 2015, more than two dozen parliamentary deputies from the far-left wing of Syriza broke away from the party. These members, who had opposed the government's acceptance of a new bailout agreement, subsequently formed a new political party called Popular Unity.12