Ahead of Greek election, Syriza's 'lost generation' deserts Tsipras

Former Greek Prime Minister and leader of leftist Syriza party Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech during a pre-election rally in the western suburb of Egaleo, in Athens, Greece, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - So divided has Syriza's youth wing become over the direction of Greece's leftist party, that when its council planned to convene at the end of August, the meeting was abandoned. Too many of its 71 members were on the point of quitting.

The incident showed the disillusionment Syriza's twenty-somethings feel with leader Alexis Tsipras, the former Communist student activist they once celebrated as one of their own.