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1. How well did the left go in the June 9 European election?

   Greece, Syriza fell from 23.8% to 14.9% (six seats to four), AKEL in Cyprus from 27.5% to 21.5% and in ...

2. Greece: European elites declare war on SYRIZA gov't

   Democracy Economy International solidarity Socialism Workers & unions Dick Nichols SYRIZA If ... reactions from all quarters to the first two weeks of Greece’s new SYRIZA-led government would have cleared ... administration, headed by radical left party SYRIZA, reached a high point on February 4-5. In its first days in ...

3. Greece eyewitness: SYRIZA pushes rapid changes

   Dick Nichols SYRIZA Athens There were scenes of joy on the streets of Athens on the night of January 25 ... as results of the day's national elections gave a clear victory to SYRIZA — the Coalition of the ... Radical Left. Addressing ecstatic supporters, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, since sworn in as prime ...

4. Greece: A look at SYRIZA’s win-- the numbers behind the vote

   Economy Elections Dick Nichols SYRIZA Athens The victory of SYRIZA — Greece’s Coalition of the ... confirmed general expectations. The “poll of polls” done on the day before the election had SYRIZA winning ... 37.5% and 146 seats. The final result was 36.49% and 149 seats. SYRIZA will now form government in ...

5. Greece:‭ ‬SYRIZA's scores clear win amid high abstention,‭ ‬more austerity

   Economy Elections Democracy Dick Nichols SYRIZA the Troika Popular Unity SYRIZA pulled off ... rule in the midst of recession,‭ ‬closed banks and capital controls,‭ ‬SYRIZA's vote fell by only‭ ... ‬0.88%‭ ‬and its parliamentary seats by just four. On September‭ ‬20,‭ ‬SYRIZA won‭ ‬35.46%‭ ‬and‭ ‬145‭ ...

6. SYRIZA win provokes new confrontations

   (IMF) European Union (EU) banks SYRIZA Podemos What does the victory of radical left party SYRIZA in ... are closely intertwined, and since SYRIZA’s win have been having rapid feedback effects on each ... another. Across Europe, the reverberations of SYRIZA’s win are being felt with rising force, both in ...

7. Greece: SYRIZA on brink of split over new bail out deal

   SYRIZA the Troika By any logic, Greece's SYRIZA-led government should be sinking in the opinion ... polls. At the Brussels Eurosummit of Eurozone leaders on July 12, SYRIZA Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ... effectively reversed the opposition to austerity on which SYRIZA was elected in January. Surely the Greek ...

8. Greece talks: Troika turn screws in new bid to break SYRIZA

   Workers & unions Democracy Economy Dick Nichols SYRIZA the Troika For a while in late May, it ... Fund might have some chance of success. The commentary from the SYRIZA-led Greek government's ... over tactics towards the SYRIZA-led government and its proposals, which had been presented to creditors ...

9. Greece: Creditors out to crush any trace of Syriza disobedience

   Workers & unions Welfare Democracy Economy Dick Nichols SYRIZA It has taken only nine months ... Stability Mechanism (ESM) — to lurch to the brink of crisis. That deal, which the Syriza-led government of ... that Greece under a Syriza-led government would always be a repeat offender. It would grasp at any debt ...

10. Looming SYRIZA wins alarms European elite

    the Alexis Tsipras-led Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). The big unknown is whether the party ... Greek political actors are behaving as if SYRIZA will win. The campaign of the ruling New Democracy (ND) ... interview to Tsipras, an admission that SYRIZA might actually have an important role to play in Greek ...

11. Spain: The inspiring rise of the 'Galician SYRIZA'

    widely known as the “Galician SYRIZA”, in reference to the Greece's radical left coalition that came ... have to create a new political agency. A Galician SYRIZA is indispensable; citizens are demanding unity ... forces supporting the need for a “Galician SYRIZA” won the debate against others pushing a reworking of ...

12. Blog: The COVID-19 crisis in Europe

    Economy Europe Healthcare Dick Nichols Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Barcelona June 14, 2020: This blog has ended. Further coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and of the economic crisis it is producing will be carried in specific articles from Gr ...

13. Greece: What's beneath 'eerily calm' election campaign?

    different than that leading up to SYRIZA's triumph in Greece's January 25 elections and ... country's September 20 vote. In January, SYRIZA's winning slogan was “Hope is on the Way” — hope for ... Fund). Now, SYRIZA's campaign slogan is “A Stronghold to Defend”. Hope for liberation from austerity ...

14. Live blog: Greek Election

    Lazarou SYRIZA Greek elections Eurozone Crisis Athens Welcome to �鶹��ý's live election blog for ... Radical Left party, SYRIZA, are widely believed to be set for a historic victory over the current New ... Democracy government. Led by the young and charismatic Alexis Tsipras, SYRIZA are set to become the first ...

15. Greece: Negotiations hit crisis point, solidarity vital

    Workers & unions International solidarity Economy Democracy Dick Nichols SYRIZA Will ... Greece's SYRIZA-led government reach a last-minute deal with its creditors, the European Union (EU), ... be accepted by a majority of Greeks in a national referendum? And even if it were, would SYRIZA ...

16. Europe's left confronts the challenge of Putin’s Ukraine war

    As for the EU, which brought the left-wing Greek Syriza government to its knees in 2014, it too can ... resolution. Of the 39-strong left caucus, 21 voted in favour (including Syriza, France Unbowed, the Portuguese ...

17. Knife at its throat, Greece accepts brutal bailout

    privatisation, that the SYRIZA-led government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had come to office pledging to ... such a Grexit. Notwithstanding Tsipras’s appeal, 32 of SYRIZA’s 149 MPs opposed the legislative package ... taken to the July 12 Eurogroup meeting. Of those supporting the bill, 110 were from SYRIZA, 13 from ...

18. In or out of the euro, Greece needs our solidarity

    liberation Dick Nichols Regardless of the result of the latest round of negotiations between the SYRIZA ... 250 out of 300 MPs voting in favour. However, eight SYRIZA MPs abstained and two voted no. This left ... the government relying on opposition votes to get the it passed. The SYRIZA-led government will ...

19. Greece: Referendum on cards if EU deal not reached

    (SYRIZA). The program began with a grilling of Tsipras by interviewer Niko Katsinikolao and ended with ... SYRIZA-led government, which gave Greece four months to produce “reforms” acceptable to its creditors. ... tax rates on the islands and ending collective bargaining were red lines the SYRIZA government would ...

20. Spain: Rising United Left tackles new wave of challenges

    party in many new governing alliances. How far from SYRIZA? With polls showing PSOE support becoming ... Radical Left (SYRIZA), told the media: “When we were a small party we were always asked if we would ... description of IU as SYRIZA’s “sister party” would have gone down well with IU members. However, among the ...

21. Spain: Left unity scarce ahead of Europe poll

    excited progressives and was soon dubbed “the Galician Syriza” ― in reference to the Coalition of the ... Radical Left (Syriza) in Greece that, by united broad left forces, is a serious contender for power. Or ... traditional “market variety” than one of any Syriza-style. The process of trying to find a basis for greater ...

22. European elections: Signs of hope in the gloom

    the Radical Left (SYRIZA) won the poll with 26.6%, 3.9% more than the ruling conservative New ... Alignment, which scored only 8.1%. In the aftermath, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras demanded new elections in ... Greece. Podemos spokesperson Pablo Iglesias said collaboration with Syriza will be a priority for the ...

23. Portugal: 'Time for another April 25 revolution'

    SYRIZA. The contingent marched behind a banner which read, in Greek and Portuguese, “United Against ...

24. Europe blunders towards new recession

    because of the rising lead of left party Syriza in opinion polls. The underlying cause of the sell-offs ... [with the EU, imposed by a Syriza government], everything Europe and the IMF will do will remain in the ... realm of window-dressing.” By the same token, however, if a Syriza government can force through its ...

25. Portugal's Left Bloc discusses path to left gov't

    Dick Nichols Lisbon A spectre is haunting Portugal ― the spectre of Greece and of SYRIZA, its ... SYRIZA in Greece,” lamented Joao Madeira, presenter of Motion B. He called for “less tacticism and more ... of European left parties, including SYRIZA leader Alex Tsipras (via video), French Left Front leader ...

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