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With 99.81% of votes counted, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has expired forcefully in the Greek elections, with the 36.3% of the vote and 149 seats, two of the absolute majority. Its leader, Alexis Tsipras, said Greece changes course and “austerity leaves after five years of humiliation.”
The comfortable victory of Tsipras did not stop having to seek alliances with several parties that have shown willing to compromise, including the centrist To Potami (The River) and the right-wing nationalist party Independent Greeks (ANEL), with whose leader, Panos Kammenos, today met Tsipras. Kammenos had expressed his refusal to join a government in participating To Potami.
Tsipras confirmed this morning that he met with Kamenos at 08:30 GMT, on receipt of the President of the Republic, Karolos Papoulias , the task of forming a government to confirm the “support and the possible involvement of ANEL in the new government.”
Finally, Kammenos, said today after meeting with Tsipras that “from now, government” . “Independent Greeks offer their vote of confidence in government,” Kammenos said. “Today Alexis Tsipras (SYRIZA leader) will visit President (Karolos Papoulias) and announce the government,” he said. “The goal is that the Greeks move forward together to regain national sovereignty.”
It also plans to initially meet with the centrist leader To Potami, Stavros Theodorakis, as well as President of the Communist Party KKE, Dimitris Kutsumbas, although no citations have been concluded.
Another possible parliamentary partner, the KKE, has been more critical and highlighted by its leader, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the Greeks have expressed anger and “false hope” for change. In this regard, he assured that Syziza “continue the same policies” applied to date by the parties of government. The intention is to have ready the new government tomorrow afternoon or later than Wednesday morning.
According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Interior, the party of Alexis Tsipras has obtained 36.34 % of the vote, which would translate into 149 seats, well ahead of New Democracy conservatives of outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who obtained 27.81% of the ballots, which translates into 76 seats.
A lot of distance is in third position the far-right Golden Dawn, with 6.28% of the vote and 17 seats, the same as the centrist To Potami, which was done with 6.05% of . Behind the backs
Communists (KKE) are located, with 5.47% and 15 seats; Independent Greeks, with 4.75% of the vote and 13 seats, the same as the socialist PASOK that have earned 4.68% of the ballots.
“historic victory”
Immediately after the first results, sources Syriza read a statement to the press: “It is a historic victory, a victory of hope Overwhelmingly, the Greeks voted against austerity.” .
For the coalition, “These results are the first step of progressive politics in Europe,” they added. “The new government will combat and humanitarian crisis and begin negotiations with the European partners” on debt, apostillaron.
The troika is “past” After confirming
his election victory, the leader of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, appeared at the University of Athens to claim that “the people have given a clear mandate” that Greece changes course and that “austerity leaves after five years of humiliation.” According Tsipras, the decision of the Greek people makes the troika of creditors “is past.”
However, the leftist leader said he is aware that people do not give a blank check, “but a mandate to reorganize the country. ” Tsipras reached out to those who have not voted for him and said that in this election there is “neither winners nor losers” and would form a government “for all Greeks.”
“Today he lost the Greece of the oligarchs and corrupt Greece today won the job, knowledge and culture “,” Tsipras, who said said “. “Greece won that fight and hopes,” the leftist leader to the cheers of his supporters, who threw fireworks.
In a European perspective, Tsipras also stated that his victory is also “all the European peoples struggling against austerity that destroys our common future. “
” The new government will negotiate with our European partners, “said Tsipras, who said that present its own reform plan,” no new deficit but not without an unrealizable surplus “.
In this sense, Tsipras has shown its willingness to negotiate a solution” mutually acceptable “with international lenders and said that” neither have a break and will continue subjugation ” .
“The new government liar to all who see destruction Tsipras- said. There will be a disaster, nor submission. Our goal from day one is to restore us to the consequences of the crisis.”
The stance of the ECB
That same Monday, Benoit Coeure, board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), said in an interview published by the German newspaper Handelsblatt that the body does not participate in any cut Greece’s debt.
“It is not for the ECB to decide whether Greece needs debt relief. However, it is absolutely clear that we can not agree with a relief of it, which includes Greek bonds found in the ECB “, emphasized
Syriza. The party does not seek confrontation
SYRIZA deputy Yanis Varoufakis, whose name was shuffled to Greek Finance Minister ruled out Greece leaving the euro and ensures that the party does not seek “confrontation,” said the Today the BBC.
Varoufakis radio program said the new Greek government led by Syriza negotiate constructively to restructure the country’s debt with Brussels. “There have been some postureo on our part,” said Dual parliamentary Greek and Australian citizenship, who said that “what matters now is to sit down and talk” about the best way to reorganize the payment of Greek debt. “
‘Grexit’ (the output of Greece euro) is not on the table, we will not go to Brussels or Frankfurt with a focus of confrontation, “he said. Varoufakis said the current schedule of debt repayment “is complemented impracticable and totally disconnected from the Greek growth”, which is not positive, he said, for any of the parties involved. “What we want is to link our payments with growth,” said
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