How a former critic became one of Tsipras’ closest advisers
“Now that everyone else is leaving, you’re coming?” former prime minister Alexis Tsipras asked Nikos Marantzidis when he walked into his office on Koumoundourou Square, two days after SYRIZA’s crushing defeat in the May 2023 national elections. “Right after this, I’m meeting my psychiatrist,” he replied.

