Alexis Tsipras’s party is in power again, but there’s no painless way to fix the Greek situation. Syriza must work for ordinary people while building alliances within and outside Europe Syriza’s second general election victory was in some ways more significant than its first. On 25 January hopes had been high that the Greek people would be able to break free from the debt they had not themselves accumulated, and from the imposed austerity measures of the Eurozone memoranda. But after eight difficult months there was a very different mood this time around: people’s aspirations had been crushed by the 12 July agreement. Related: The Greek election in maps The government now needs to reconnect with its grassroots and rebuild its base in civil society Related: The lenders are the real winners in Greece – Alexis Tsipras has been set up to fail | Yanis Varoufakis Continue reading...
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