Tsipras elected head of Council of Europe’s Western Balkans committee

Former Prime Minister and former leftist SYRIZA head Alexis Tsipras was elected as president of the Council of Europe’s Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans with 80% of the vote.

Tsipras’ opponent was conservative Zsolt Nemeth, a member of the Hungarian National Assembly.

His candidacy was supported by the Council’s Socialists, the Left, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the European People’s Party.