Alexis Tsipras's Greece wants reparations from Angela Merkel's Germany (Image: GETTY)
Meanwhile a Polish politician has urged Warsaw to follow suit with a compensation claim of its own. The Greek Parliament backed the resolution, which obliges Mr Tsipras' Government to pursue a payout of £325billion (€376billion) "with all necessary diplomatic and legal action". Both the deputies of Mr Tsipras' governing party Syriza and the opposition conservative Nea Demokratia and the Social Democratic Movement of Change (Kinal) backed the resolution.
This is a historic and moral task
Alexis Tsipras
Speaking in Parliament, Mr Tsipras said: "This is a historic and moral task."
He pledged to initiate a dialogue on the subject by delivering "an oral communication" to Berlin.
Mr Tsipras campaigned on a platform of claiming compensation from Germany, and the resolution states his government should ensure "Greece's demands are fully met".
The long list of claims includes, among other things, a compulsory loan, which Greece had to grant the German Reichsbank during the war, as well as payments for war crimes and damages.
Alexis Tsipras said it was a "historic and moral task" (Image: GETTY)
The resolution adds: "The problem of unpaid
