Triumphant Tsipras of Syriza seeks cross-party support in Greece
- 9 years ago
Triumphant after a historic election victory, Alexis Tsipras is set to become the new Greek prime minister.
His anti-austerity Syriza party
swept to power in an overwhelming election win.
He is meeting the leaders of other parties on Monday seeking support for his commitment to renegotiate the country’s huge debts and the terms of its international bailout.
“Greece has turned a new page, Greece leaves behind the austerity of destruction, fear and authoritarianism, leaves behind five years of humiliation and suffering – proceeds with optimism, hope and dignity and steady steps in a changing Europe,” said Tsipras to thunderous applause from his thousands of supporters gathered in Propylaea Square.
“The mandate of the Greek people, your mandate, today cancels in an undisputed manner the memorandums of austerity and destruction. The mandate of the Greek people makes the troika a thing of past in our common European framework.”
Tsipras’ message appears to have chimed with a publ
His anti-austerity Syriza party
swept to power in an overwhelming election win.
He is meeting the leaders of other parties on Monday seeking support for his commitment to renegotiate the country’s huge debts and the terms of its international bailout.
“Greece has turned a new page, Greece leaves behind the austerity of destruction, fear and authoritarianism, leaves behind five years of humiliation and suffering – proceeds with optimism, hope and dignity and steady steps in a changing Europe,” said Tsipras to thunderous applause from his thousands of supporters gathered in Propylaea Square.
“The mandate of the Greek people, your mandate, today cancels in an undisputed manner the memorandums of austerity and destruction. The mandate of the Greek people makes the troika a thing of past in our common European framework.”
Tsipras’ message appears to have chimed with a publ