September, the party was defeated by ND. Following the result, Syriza moved into opposition. Cabinet members Members of the former Cabinet were sworn in on 23 September 2015: Alexis Tsipras – Prime Minister Giannis Dragasakis – Deputy Prime Minister Euclid Tsakalotos – Finance Giorgos Stathakis – Economy, Development and Tourism Georgios Katrougalos – Labour and Social Affairs Nikos Toskas – Citizens' Protection Ioannis Mouzalas – Immigration Policy Panos Skourletis – Environment and Energy Nikos Kotzias – Foreign Affairs Panagiotis Kouroumblis – Interior Nikos Paraskevopoulos – Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Aristides Baltas – Culture and Sports Nikos Filis – Education, Research and Religious Affairs Andreas Xanthos – Health and Welfare Christos Spirtzis – Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Thodoris Dritsas – Maritime Affairs and Island Policy Vangelis Apostolou – Rural Development and Food Alekos Flambouraris – Coordinating Government Operations Nikos Pappas – State Olga Gerovassili – Government Spokesperson The Ministry of Defense was filled by a non-Syriza nominee, Panos Kammenos of the Independent Greeks (ANEL). Ideology The main constituent element of the original coalition was Synaspismos, a democratic socialist party, but Syriza was founded with a goal of uniting left-wing and radical left groups and had included a broad array of groups and independent activists as well as ideologies, from social democrats and democratic socialists to Marxist–Leninists and Trotskyists. Additionally, despite its secular ideology, many members are Christians who are anti-clerical and opposed to the privileges of the state-sponsored Church of Greece. From 2013, the coalition became a unitary party, although it retained its name with the addition of United Social Front. Syriza had been characterized as an anti-establishment party, whose success had sent "shock-waves across the EU". Although it has abandoned its old identity, that of a hard-left protest voice, becoming more left-wing populist in character, and stating that it would not abandon the eurozone, its chairman Alexis Tsipras has declared that the "euro is not my fetish". The Vice President of the European Parliament and Syriza MEP Dimitrios Papadimoulis stated that Greece should "be a respectable member of the European Union and the euro zone", and that "there is absolutely no case for a Grexit". Tsipras clarified that Syriza "does not support any sort of Euroscepticism", though the party was seen by some observers as a soft Eurosceptic force for advocating another Europe free of austerity and neoliberalism. Since governing, the party took a more pro-Europeanist stance, saying that