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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Europe’s far right gets the attention, but the left is making the political running

EU leaders are already assuming that Syriza will win the Greek election. If so, the consequences elsewhere could be profoundFor Greeks it’s an election that represents a turning point. When they go to the polls next Sunday, they will turn to a young firebrand of the left – anti-establishment, anti-elite, anti-austerity. Alexis Tsipras will become the new national leader at the age of 40.At least, that is now the solid assumption in Brussels and other European capitals, where the start of a new era in Greece – highly volatile, highly unpredictable – is taken as a given. Continue reading...


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