Inside Syriza’s economic brain
For all its recent moderation, and the clear professional expertise of its economics team, no party like Syriza has ever been in power in a European democracy.
Yanis Varoufakis, tipped to be Syriza’s new finance minister, tells Paul Mason what his party would do if it gets into government in Greece, and admits the prospect of power in Europe is “scary”.
After four years of economic sacrifices, political turmoil and mass protests, Greece is set for parliamentary elections this Sunday which could see another eurozone crisis.
For all its recent moderation, and the clear professional expertise of its economics team, no party like Syriza has ever been in power in a European democracy.
Prime Minister David Cameron confirms that raising the threat level for the Jewish community would mean stepping up police patrols.
Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders tells Channel 4 News the Paris attack was an “act of war”, calling for the EU to ‘avoid’ the “Islamisation of our free society” through free movement.
Some of the Syriza members I spoke to are, privately, still not sure they even want to govern. But one thing is certain: when you look him in the eye, Alexis Tsipras most definitely does.
This will not be a decisive moment in the David Cameron renegotiation strategy. And his critics would say the prime minister has a pretty good track record at misreading the German chancellor.
Although she hails from the centre right, Angela Merkel’s political instincts are closer to Ed Miliband’s than to David Cameron’s.
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Whether the next Greek government is a revamped coalition or one led by the radical left opposition party, it will face the same devastating debt baggage.
The fisheries minister returned from Brussels this week with a deal that will increase the catch of fish in some areas but see reductions or existing quotas maintained in other parts of the UK.
Protesters burned effigies of EU leaders and brought rush hour traffic to a stop as they protest austerity and a planned EU-US free trade deal.
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The Greek government is gambling that voters will reel back from putting the untested and inexperienced Syriza in power.
The Greek crisis, grinding away at the periphery of Europe, has thrust itself back into the limelight.