Some newspapers - mainly pro-Pasok and pro-ND - continued to lambaste Radical Left Coalition (Syriza) leader Alexis Tsipras over his remarks about Hollande at a Monday news conference.

The remark was completely ignored by the French press, the only cite I can find was on France Info, national radio news.

In general, it was a pretty unexceptionable remark : noting that Hollande was, like himself, in favour of stimulating economic growth to beat the crisis. Comparing him to Paparendreou can't be that bad an insult, since Hollande is still a firm ally of PASOK.

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