Greek opposition party leader to get mandate to form government Friday

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece’s main opposition party leader Vangelis Meimarakis will meet the country’s president Prokopis Pavlopoulos this morning to receive a mandate to form a new government, an official from Meimarakis’ New Democracy party said.

Given the arithmetic of the current parliament, New Democracy has little chance of pulling a coalition together after Greece’s left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned yesterday, making national elections the most likely outcome.