Tsipras to ask President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to call for elections

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit President Prokopis Pavlopoulos today at 6:30 p.m. (local time) to ask him to dissolve Parliament and call a July 7 election.

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a meeting set for tonight with Greece's president Prokopis Pavlopoulos to ask him to call an early national election by dissolving parliament.

More in the weekly report from Greece with our correspondent Stelios Rakitzis.