Do we like them?Do we like Alexis Tsipras?
Our score: 7 out of 10. A real LGBTQ+ win in office and no harmful words found, but the record on trans issues, migrants and climate is thinner than we'd like.
Tsipras is the face of Greece's left. He led the Syriza party into government and served as prime minister, then stayed a major figure after losing power. Reuters reported that in October 2025 he gave up his seat in parliament, saying he was not resigning from political action. That was the first big step towards the comeback now under way.
The best-known thing he did abroad was the Prespa Agreement with North Macedonia, which ended a decades-long name dispute. In January 2019 the leaders of three European Parliament groups nominated him and Macedonia's prime minister for the Nobel Peace Prize over it. They called the deal a model for peaceful resolution of disputes through dialogue and mutual compromise. A nomination isn't a win, but it shows how the deal was seen outside Greece.
On the harm test, the clearest item is the 2015 law giving same-sex couples legal recognition for the first time, passed with Tsipras's Syriza behind it. He said the day was one for an apology, not a celebration, and that a cycle of backwardness and shame for the Greek state was closing. The law still left gaps: PinkNews noted there was no same-sex adoption and no gender recognition law that drops the sterilisation requirement for trans people. We found nothing from him against LGBTQ+ people, women or migrants, but the pages we read said little about his record on trans issues, migrants or climate.
The new party is the recent story. At the launch under the Acropolis he accused the Mitsotakis government of letting Greece backslide on European standards, and he promised to fight corruption and push for affordable housing, healthcare and an inclusive migration policy. Prime Minister Mitsotakis called the wave of new parties a political Babel aimed at his government. Analysts quoted by Reuters said Tsipras is unlikely to directly threaten the government, but could fragment the opposition.
His critics are mostly political rivals. In September 2025 government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said Tsipras had invested in populism and was trying to rewrite history, after Tsipras claimed poverty fell under his government and rose under New Democracy. That is a rival's attack, not a finding, and Tsipras's side wasn't in the report we read. Where you land depends on whether you see his years in office as a hard rescue or a set of broken promises.
Politically he is a comeback story with a real base: a Pulse poll in late May 2026 put ELAS second on 15.5 per cent, ahead of PASOK on 11.5, with New Democracy leading on 29.5. Elections are due in 2027, so there is time for that to move either way. The record against him is mostly arguments about economics and strategy, which this page doesn't judge.