Greek Victor: Debt Relief
Polls show the leftist Syriza Party and its young, heretofore unknown leader, Alexis Tsipras, are positioned to narrowly win the Jan. 25 parliamentary election. If they do, theyll be charged with forming a coalition government ahead of a February debt.
Greece Misses Target on Budget Surplus
They ground to a halt after the country was forced to early elections later this month, after the parliament failed to elect a new head of state. According to public opinion polls, the leftist Syriza party is poised to win the upcoming elections, yet.
Forgive and forget? Greeces ���317bn debt in focus ahead of.
. on Sunday. Should the leftist Coalition of the Radical Left Alliance (SYRIZA) win the election on January 25, it will abandon austerity measures in favor of its own program to repay the national debt, said the partys leader Alexis Tsipras in an interview with local Antenna TV channel.. The moves are considered precautionary, as none of the lenders is facing an immediate cash crunch, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. However, such��.
Brinkmanship Returns to the Eurozone
With a Greek election looming this month, and a party hostile to European-imposed austerity apparently poised to win, French President Fran��ois Hollande on Monday raised the possibility of Greece exiting the 19-member bloc���departing from the.
The Greek Crisis: If the Radicals Win in Greece
If the Radicals Win in Greece. by Yannis Palaiologos Wall Street Journal January 20, 2015. Greece is once again on the brink. After six years of recession and five years of draconian, externally imposed austerity, Greek voters go to the polls Sunday in yet another. The radical Syriza party, overwhelmingly favored to win the contest, has moved to center-stage from the political margins it occupied in 2010 by offering a vociferous critique of Greeces bailout program.
Greeces anti-bailout Syriza party wins vote ��� USA TODAY
Greeces anti-bailout Syriza party wins vote ��� USA TODAY. January. Greek Leftist Party Syriza Set to Win Election, Interior Ministry ProjectsWall Street Journal. Anti-austerity Leftists Winning Greek ElectionVoice of America
Greeces Syriza Leads in Polls as General Election Looms
Under Greeces electoral rules, the winning party is automatically awarded 50 bonus seats in the 300-seat legislature, a measure aimed at facilitating the stability of an elected government. But most surveys indicate that Syriza wouldnt be able to.
Greek Austerity Review Needs To Be Completed for ECB QE
Greeks are heading to the ballots Sunday and, according to polls, the leftist Syriza party is poised to win. The party promises a tougher line with the creditors and wants Greeces eurozone partners to write off a substantial portion of the countrys debt.
Greek Election Likely to Have Muted Effect on Markets
Greek leftist party Syriza is set to win Sundays election but may not have enough support to form a government on its own, according to an official projection from the interior ministry. Analysts at AXA Investment Management said markets could be.
Filip Kovacevic: The Balkans Presidential December.
This month the presidential elections will take place in two Balkan countries: Croatia and Greece. The electoral systems in these.. According to the relevant public opinion polls, the likely winner of the parliamentary elections would be the progressive leftist party SYRIZA led by the charismatic young engineer Alexis Tsipras.[9]. The reason for this is. In fact, the Empires favorite media amplifier, the Wall Street Journal, admitted so in a recent article.[12] This is why one��.
Greek Radical Syriza Party Leads In Polls Before Election.
Were heading for a Syriza victory, and that could be colossal for the European system.. Kobe Bryant Injured His Right Shoulder, So He Played Left-Handed. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis Greek riot police in front of graffiti written on the wall of a bank during violent demonstrations over austerity measures in Athens in 2010. Four polls out in the last. It looks likely that Syriza will win, but it doesnt seem as if the party will get an overall majority in Greeces parliament.
Greece Faces Tight Race in Early Elections
The prime ministers conservative New Democracy party, which has pushed through budget-austerity programs in Greece, has been lagging behind antibailout leftist party Syriza in public-opinion polls. In recent weeks Syrizas lead has narrowed slightly.
Greeks head to polls to elect next national government
According to recent public-opinion polls, Greeces radical leftist Syriza party was poised to win the general elections, but it wasnt clear whether its share of the vote would be enough to clinch an outright majority in the legislature. Syriza has.
Syriza Trounces New Democracy; Greeks Stop Paying.
The final votes are not counted, but exit polls show a blowout, with incumbent party New Democracy going down in flames. The Wall Street Journal reports Greeces Radical Leftist Syriza Party Poised to Win Election, Exit Polls��.
Papandreous Return to Greek Politics Adds New Wild Card to Election
But the weight of the family name still draws voters���threatening to siphon support from Pasok as well as the new, leftist Syriza party, which is currently the main opposition party in Parliament. The new partys goals and candidates have yet to be.
The Greek Crisis: Grexit Could Happen by Accident
Wall Street Journal January 11, 2015. Since the eurozones inception, its survival has rested on a paradox. On the one hand, the stability of the single currency hinges on the markets faith in its irreversibility. It was to restore this faith that European Central Bank President. Even the radical leftist party Syriza, which polls suggest will win the Jan. 25 election and which flirted with a policy of euro withdrawal in 2012, now recognizes that ���Grexit��� would be catastrophic.
Greeces Leftist Syriza Party Holds the Lead in Opinion Polls
ATHENS���Greeces leftist opposition Syriza party continues to hold a narrow lead in a series of public-opinion polls published over the weekend, two weeks ahead of the countrys national elections. In nine separate opinion polls that were published in.
The Greek Crisis: Who is Alexis Tsipras?
If his party wins the January 25 snap parliamentary election in Greece, and he himself succeeds in forming a government, then Alexis Tsipras, the 41-year-old firebrand leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (or Syriza) party, will not only become Europes currently youngest prime minister, but, Cyprus apart, also the first leader of a hard-left government in the Continent.. Greeces Reforms Have Only Cracked the Surface (Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2013)
Greek Vote Sets Up New Europe Clash
A Syriza victory marks an astonishing upset of Europes political order, which decades ago settled into an orthodox centrism while many in Syriza describe themselves as Marxists. It emboldens the challenges of other radical parties, from the right-wing .
If the Radicals Win in Greece
The radical Syriza party, overwhelmingly favored to win the contest, has moved to center-stage from the political margins it occupied in 2010 by offering a vociferous critique of Greeces bailout program. The unreconstructed leftists of Syriza are.
Greek Opposition Still Holds Slim Lead in Polls Before Elections
ATHENS���Greeces leftist opposition party continued to hold a narrow lead ahead of this months national elections, although it appears to be shrinking, two public opinion polls showed Wednesday. The polls show the Syriza party, which opposes Greeces .
Greece Votes as Role in Eurozone Hangs in Balance
According to recent public-opinion polls, Greeces radical leftist Syriza party was poised to win the general elections, marking the first time in the countrys postwar history that a leftist government was due to be voted into office. But at the same.
Greeces Leftist Syriza Party Holds the Lead in Opinion Polls
Greeces Leftist Syriza Party Holds the Lead in Opinion Polls. Wall Street Journal January 12, 2015. Greeces leftist opposition Syriza party continues to hold a narrow lead in a series of public-opinion polls published over the weekend,. In nine separate opinion polls that were published in the Greek media during the past two days, Syriza was poised to win the coming vote, edging out the ruling New Democracy party by a margin of between 2.7 and 5.5 percentage��.
The Greek Crisis: No Exit for Greece
Not even Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the radical leftist Syriza party, wants out. Apparently on track to win the snap elections on Jan. 25, he has vowed: ���We will stick with the euro, no doubt.��� Nor does anybody else ��� including��.
Syriza to crack down on Greeces oligarchs if it wins election
Greeces hard-left Syriza party burst on to the political scene three years ago by vilifying the countrys international lenders.. Greeces Reforms Have Only Cracked the Surface (Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2013)
Syrizas Rise Fueled by Professors-Turned-Politicians
In Greeces elections Sunday, he is a parliamentary candidate for the leftist opposition party Syriza, which leads Prime Minister Antonis Samaras s conservative party in the polls and could roil politics throughout Europe if it wins. For more than 20.
Radical Leftists Win Election In Greece ��� Future Of.
Syriza, which is actually an acronym for ���Coalition of the Radical Left��� in Greek, has 36 percent of the total vote with approximately 80 percent of the polling stations reporting. The current governing party, New Democracy, only has 28 percent of the vote. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras is promising to roll back a whole host of austerity. The Wall Street Journal covered my forecast. I said, 1987 would be the year it all collapses. I said, There will be a stock market crash.
Greek Opposition Party Syrizas Lead Narrows, Poll Shows
ATHENS���Greek leftist opposition party Syriza continues to lead in public opinion polls just weeks ahead of national elections, a new poll showed Sunday, though its lead over the ruling New Democracy party has narrowed slightly. According to the poll.
The Wall Street Journal: Syriza widens lead in polls as.
ATHENS ��� Greeces leftist Syriza party is holding its lead in opinion polls a week ahead of a key general election, amid signs that political uncertainty is taking a growing toll on the economy. A survey published Sunday in��.
The Greek Crisis: Is A Greek Exit Next For Europe?
In Greece, the polls indicate that the radical left-wing party, Syriza, is poised to win the election on January 25. When I write. Greeces Reforms Have Only Cracked the Surface (Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2013)
Greek Opposition Party Syrizas Lead Narrows, Poll Shows
Wall Street Journal January 4, 2015. Greek leftist opposition party Syriza continues to lead in public opinion polls just weeks ahead of national elections, a new poll showed Sunday, though its lead over the ruling New��.
Greece election: Exit polls signal big Syriza win
Greece election: Exit polls signal big Syriza win. Published:. began in 2010. The result is being closely watched outside Greece, where it is believed a Syriza victory could encourage radical leftist parties across Europe.