Alexis Tsipras comes under fire from Spanish prime minister

Mariano Rajoy hits back over accusation that Spain and Portugal deliberately tried to bring Greece's Syriza administration into 'unconditional surrender'

Greece's anti-austerity government has denied that it sees Europe through the prism of "hostile and friendly countries" as the Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy hit back at accusations that Spain and Portugal had deliberately tried to topple the new leftist-led administration.

The war of words erupted when Greek premier Alexis Tsipras attacked the sabotage tactics that had, he said, been employed by Lisbon and Madrid in an effort to scupper the chances of a successful end to the negotiations over the eurozone's extension of the Greek bailout programme.

We are not responsible for the frustration generated by the radical Greek left