Hours before polling stations close in Greece, many media outlets place an emphasis on the impact Alexis Tsipras's Coalition of the Radical Left (known for its acronym SYRIZA) is having on the nation's political landscape. This comes against the backdrop of opinion polls' estimates that the leftist party will be the clear winner of the elections.German weekly Der Spiegel's website released on Sunday afternoon a report titled SYRIZA Chief Already Sees Himself as Winner, pointing to the fact that Tsipras had found it difficult to reach his polling station in Kypseli, Athens due to the huge "media rush". It reminds of his comments of Thursday, during an event of his election campaign, that "on Monday [January 26] national humiliation will have been left behind" and the country will put an end to orders from abroad. [Sunday's] elections will definitely bury the two-party system that has dominated since the restoration of democracy in 1974 and in theory will contribute to "healing" the crisis of political legitimacy which the recession, but also the ballast ot corruption and cronyism of the system, have caused to surface," Spain's El País wrote on Thursday."A victory for SYRIZA could boost other populist parties, like Beppe Grillo's anti-euro Five Star Movement in Italy and the Podemos Movement in Spain," a report on CNN's website reads, adding that even of the party wins, "it's unclear how its plans to renegotiate Greece's] bailout would play out."The Guardian for its part reminds that "Tsipras's line has softened markedly in recent weeks", though SYRIZA's promises to reverse the worst of wage and pension cuts and restore health insurance and electricity to the needy are a source of concern to "several European capitals."Most reports point to SYRIZA's "limited" choices of coalition partners, possibly including the anti-austerity party Independent Greeks and the centrist To Potami (The River).
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