Greece snap elections - 25th Jan

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Leftwing Syriza are leading the polls and their 2 stage plan is to wipe out Greek debts and lift austerity. Never a dull moment with the EU

Tsipras said:

“Be optimistic and cheerful, austerity will soon be over,” said Alexis Tsipras, Syriza’s firebrand leader, as he left parliament after the vote. “The Samaras government which looted society and decided to take further austerity measures is finished.”

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Just a week to go for election day!

telegraph said:

Every opinion poll for the past two months has put Syriza in first place with a consistent lead of between three and five percentage points. The latest survey showed the party widening its advantage, reaching 34.5 per cent compared with 29 per cent for New Democracy.

Unless there is a shock of earthquake proportions, Syriza is set to win this election – and Mr Tsipras will then become prime minister of Greece and one of the youngest national leaders in the world.

He may fall short of an overall majority in the 300-seat parliament, but the electoral system awards an extra 50 seats to whichever party comes first in the popular vote, with the remaining 250 being handed out on a proportional basis. If the pundits are right and Syriza tops the poll, Mr Tsipras will hold the whip-hand in any coalition government.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/g...

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Coalition formed!

bbc said:

The far-left Syriza party, the winner of Greece's election, has formed an anti-austerity coalition with a right-wing party, the Greek Independents.

The coalition will have a comfortable majority in the new parliament.

Wikipedia said:

[Greek independents] Economically, the party is focused on the rejection of the loan agreement between Greece, the EU and the International Monetary Fund.[13] Party leader Kammenos has proclaimed a "national awakening and uprising," and has stated that Greece had fallen victim to an "international conspiracy".[14] In a 2012 speech, Kammenos said Greece was now a "laboratory animal" in an austerity experiment conducted by the IMF and EU, who "used the public debt as a means of control."[17]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Greeks

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hmmm

Guardian said:

[New Greek PM's] first act as prime minister was to lay roses at a memorial to 200 Greek communists executed by the Nazis in May 1944. Analysts said the gesture left little room for interpretation.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/greec...

Edited by Yazar on Tuesday 27th January 10:13

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Germany refuses Greek demands for £120 Billion, which the Greeks feel is outstanding from WW2 reparations.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2946354/Ge...

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Greece has a IMF payment to make next week, which it may not be able to pay.

Greek official said:

“We are a Left-wing government. If we have to choose between a default to the IMF or a default to our own people, it is a no-brainer,” said a senior official.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11513...

Greek emergency plan said:

“We will shut down the banks and nationalise them, and then issue IOUs if we have to, and we all know what this means. What we will not do is become a protectorate of the EU,” said one source. It is well understood in Athens such action is tantamount to a return to the drachma, even though Syriza would rather reach an amicable accord within EMU.