Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras formally launched a new political party, the Greek Left Alliance, or ELAS, on Tuesday, presenting it as a vehicle for a “new Greece,” while sharply attacking both the conservative government and the country’s traditional center-left establishment.

Political attention in Greece is focused on the launch of a new party by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras this week.

Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is set to present the name and founding declaration of his new party on Tuesday, calling for the unity of progressives and the Left, in a…