Summary

  • Alexis Tsipras, leader of the anti-austerity party Syriza, forms a coalition with the right-wing party Independent Greeks

  • Mr Tsipras vows to end Greece's "humiliation and pain" after Sunday's general election win

  • Syriza's victory raises fears about Greece's future in the euro as Syriza questions its 240bn euro bailout terms

  • European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker congratulates Mr Tsipras while reminding him of "fiscal responsibility"

  • Eurozone finance ministers met, with the fallout from the Greek election high on the agenda

  • All times in GMT

  1. Get involvedpublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Resender tweets, external: @bbc_haveyoursay The European bailout money for Greece came from European tax payers. Like Thatcher said once: "I like my money back"

  2. Eurozone warningpublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the Eurogroup, has sounded another note of caution for the new Greek government.

    "Membership of the eurozone means that you comply with everything you have agreed with," he warned.

  3. Postpublished at 11:40 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Robert Ward, editorial director of The Economist Intelligence Unit

    tweets:, external The danger to #EuroZone from #Grexit is not just that #Greece leaves, but that it leaves & eventually thrives.

  4. Get involvedpublished at 11:38 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Adam emails: The EU bailed out Greece's broken economy with a loan of €240bn. Greece should be grateful.

  5. 'Respect commitments'published at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Finland's Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says in a statement, external that the result of a democratic election must be respected.

    But he calls on the new Greek government to "respect the agreements and commitments that the country has made earlier".

    He also hopes that Greece will have a new government soon, as "uncertainty is always the worst option".

  6. Get involvedpublished at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Samuel Memour tweets, external: For all the Greek euphoria they and the EU are in trouble. Economic ruin caused by bloated state and membership of the euro #Greece

  7. EU Commission 'ready to engage'published at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    The EU Commission has said that it is "ready to engage" with the new Greek government, Reuters reports.

    Spokesperson Margaritis Shinas said: "Greece has made remarkable progress in recent years and we stand ready to continue assisting Greece in addressing the remaining reform challenges."

  8. Postpublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Syed Kamall, Conservative MEP for London

    tweets, external: Decision of #Greece's voters must be respected but will richer eurozone countries continue bail outs if new government splashes the cash?

  9. Get involvedpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Howard Shaw tweets, external: #Syriza: Who'll pay bills, how long before they start running out of other people's money? love to see succeed but not optimistic #Greece

  10. Ex-leader 'punished'published at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    One of Greece's influential dailies, a centre-right paper Democracy, as seen by BBC Monitoring, says Sunday's results showed that the middle class was "punishing" the former government and Antonis Samara personally.

    "The negative signs were obvious long ago, but the leadership chose to turn its back on social rage," the paper says.

  11. Postpublished at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Mark Lowen, BBC News, Athens

    tweets, external: #NewDemocracy is no more. Well, its stand on Syntagma anyway... #Greece

  12. Merkel warningpublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it is important for the new Greek government "to take action to foster Greece's continued economic recovery", her spokesman Steffen Seibert said, according to AFP.

    "That also means Greece sticking to its previous commitments."

  13. Get involvedpublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Lee Burkwood tweets, external: .@bbc_haveyoursay pleased syriza have got in but interesting to see whether they can reverse cuts considering what eurozone leaders said

  14. No 'preferential treatment'published at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has told Reuters that the new Greek government will not receive preferential treatment.

    "We have prepared the talks insofar that we can submit a new offer to Greece in March. The new government will not receive a worse but also not a better offer," he said.

    "We will treat the Greek government the same before the election and after the election."

  15. Get involvedpublished at 11:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Tony Payne in Saffron Walden emails: We own a house in Greece. Angela Merkel is now reaping what she has sowed. Had she, and the EU, made any concessions whatever to the Greek people Mr Samaras might have won this election. Now she is faced with making far more concessions than she would have needed to prior to the election, or seeing Greece leave the EU.

  16. Media frenzypublished at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos was mobbed by reporters as he left the meeting with Alexis Tsipras this morning.

    Panos Kammenos mobbed by reporters as he left meeting with Alexis Tsipras. 26 Jan 2015Image source, AP
  17. Who's Who?published at 11:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    The left-wing Syriza party and the right-wing Independent Greeks have formed a coalition. Take a look at our Who's Who story for a run-down of all of the main parties in Greece.

  18. Swearing inpublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras will be sworn in as Greek prime minister at 14:00 GMT, AFP quotes the presidency as saying.

  19. Get involvedpublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Alexandra Pascalidou tweets, external: Left, right, left right, left, right - Dear Greece we're following you but do you really know where you're going? #greeceElections #Greece

  20. Postpublished at 10:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2015

    Paul Mason, economic editor Channel 4 News

    tweets, external: Syriza coalition with right wing Indy Greeks - they can't change EU migration law, but probably give them something on church / military?