The head of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, lamented on Monday the decision by Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras to renew a coalition with the small right-wing Independent Greeks party. Speaking to France Inter radio, Schulz said he could not understand Tsipras' decision to bring the Independent Greeks, who polled less than 4 percent of the vote, back into government. "I called him (Tsipras) a second time to ask him why he was continuing a coalition with this strange, far-right party," Schulz said.