Potami not to join gov't that is "anti-Europe"

The Potami party is not planning to join a government of "anti-Europeanists" nor is it planning to join a "soup" government, party leader Stavros Theodorakis said during a live televised press conference that was broadcasted nationwide on Wednesday. He pointed out that as of January 26th, there must be an "honest proposal for the Greek people" and that Potami party was ready to "step into the deep end" in terms of making changes and the negotiations with Greece's creditors.

Potami's leader, on the other hand, said that the policy program presented by the leader of the main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party Alexis Tsipras in Thessaloniki last September was a "wish list" and noted that this was a problem that Tsipras must address as a priority.

Describing SYRIZA members Yiannis Dragasakis and George Stathakis as "injections of reason" within SYRIZA, he said the positions they had expressed at times were serious and "not far from those of Potami".

Theodorakis said Potami had a strong following and did not exclude different opinions, while clarifying that the party's European orientation was "non-negotiable".