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

Live Reporting

Paul Harrison, Laurence Peter, Thom Poole, Patrick Jackson and Camila Ruz

  1. The Independent Greeks party has now agreed to join Syriza as part of the coalition, Mark Lowen adds. Mr Tsipras will go to the Greek president later today to be given a mandate to form a government.

  2. The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says that, after the euphoria of Sunday, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras has begun the work of coalition building. At the moment he is courting the right-wing party, Independent Greeks, which is also fiercely anti-austerity.

  3. Welcome to our live coverage of reaction to the Greek general election which has been won by the anti-austerity party Syriza.