In this edition of Economic Divide, we examine the Syriza party’s win in recent elections in Greece and its implications for Greek-EU relations.
On January 26th, the Syriza leader, Alexis Tsipras, was sworn in as Greek prime minister at the Presidential Palace in the capital, Athens, pledging to do his utmost to “to protect the interests of the Greek people.”
The newly-elected anti-austerity government in Greece rose to power last week on a pledge to renegotiate the country’s 240-billion-euro (USD-275-billion) EU-IMF bailout and erase over half of the national debt.
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