No coalition with New Democracy warns Tsipras ahead of Greek poll

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Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras and his political rival Vangelis Miemarakis took part in a TV debate ahead of Sunday’s Greek general election.

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Tsipras called the vote after securing a multi-billion euro bailout from international lenders.

The left-wing Tsipras ruled out any coalition with the centre-right New Democracy party of Miemarakis.

“There will be a government. There will be no ‘unnatural’ government. Because what Mr. Meimarakis wants is an unnatural coalition. The country will either have a progressive government or a conservative government.”

The New Democracy leader believes only a grand coalition can unify Greece.

Miemarakis says more time should have allotted for the campaign: “It was a good debate. However if we had an extra week at the hustings the electorate would be better informed about what’s at st