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Greek radical left Syriza prepares for power under Tsipras
Economic recovery in Greece, but it could end up with ‘Mad Max’ in government“Expect Mad Max if Syriza wins” runs the headline over a comment piece in the newspaper Democratia. It’s by the prime minister’s closest adviser. Meanwhile, police have released video of what they claim is an “airborne battalion of anarchists”, who leapt across rooftops using Parkour to evade capture while hurling petrol bombs in a recent riot.Among the young, leftist clientele of the cafés in Exarchia, the famous bohemian district of Athens, they are thinking several moves ahead. A lot of people in private are discussing how the Greek state will react if Syriza wins.The party already runs the country’s largest administrative region and is reportedly facing a tough time with civil servants there. The theory is that, once it has to run the riot police, a NATO army and whatever remnants of the Cold War secret state still exist, there could be ructions.There were riots here last month during the commemoration of Britain’s military occupation of Athens, and the battle between the British army and the communist resistance in 1944. And riots when an anarchist bank robber on hunger strike neared death. That’s when the “flying anarchist” meme started, to which the earth-bound anarchists responded with accusations that the cops themselves had formed an agent-provocateur Black Bloc to stir things up.Given that background, it is not unusual to hear people in the late-night bars speculating on exactly what form of “coup” – military, police, judicial or ECB – might happen when it all goes pear-shaped. As this country had a military junta within living memory, such speculation is not completely crazy.
The European Commission says Greece is on course to end a draconian bailout program in February and switch to "much lighter surveillance" despite delays concluding negotiations with rescue lenders.EU Finance Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Tuesday praised Greece's "immense progress" during a visit to Athens and described a two-month extension in bailout negotiations to the end of February as "technical."Greece's Parliament will vote Wednesday for a new Greek president, in a ballot that can last up to three rounds. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has to win over support from opposition lawmakers to avoid a snap general election.
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