Tsipras schwört Anhänger auf Wahlsieg ein

Tsipras gibt sich optimistisch: Bein seinem letzten grossen Auftritt
vor der Wahl am Sonntag schickt er eine "Nachricht des Sieges".

NEUE LUZERNER ZEITUNG: GRIECHENLAND ⋅ Umfragen sagen bei der Parlamentswahl in Griechenland am Sonntag ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen voraus. Ex-Regierungschef Alexis Tsipras hat sich zum Wahlkampfabschluss überzeugt vom Triumph seiner Links-Partei Syriza gezeigt.

"Die heutige Versammlung schickt eine Nachricht des Sieges", sagte Tsipras am Freitagabend bei einer Rede auf dem zentralen Platz vor dem Parlament in Athen. Griechenland ziehe "einen Schlussstrich unter das Kapitel des alten (korrupten) Systems".

Er werde sein Land in den kommenden Jahren verändern und wolle weiter hart kämpfen für ein Griechenland der Solidarität, sagte Tsipras. "Manche glaubten, sie könnten uns leicht los werden. Sie irren sich." Die konservativen Kräfte hätten sich verkalkuliert. "Wir werden ein starkes Mandat am Sonntag bekommen."

Zusammen mit der spanischen, britischen und portugiesischen Linken wolle er für mehr Solidarität in Europa kämpfen, sagte Tsipras weiter. Einen Grexit - einen Austritt Griechenland aus der Eurozone - werde es nicht geben, auch wenn einige dies wünschten. » | sda/dpa/reu | Freitag, 18. September 2015

Greek Bailout: Alexis Tsipras to 'Step Down and Call Snap Elections'

Alexis Tsipras insisted that accepting tough reform demands
is the only way to ensure Greece remains in the eurozone.

THE GUARDIAN: Prime minister set to make imminent announcement, with 20 September predicted as most likely date for a poll

The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has decided to step down and call snap elections for 20 September, government officials said.

As the debt-crippled country received the first tranche of its new €86bn (£61bn) bailout, Tsipras was set to make the formal announcement later on Thursday, government sources told Reuters.

Once he submits his resignation the prime minister would be replaced by the president of Greece’s supreme court, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou – a vocal bailout opponent – who would oversee the elections as the head of a transitional government. » | Jon Henley | Thursday, August 20, 2015

Behind The Scenes Of Syriza's Election Victory

Greece: The End of Austerity - As the Greek crisis threatens to sink the euro, this report looks at the promises that brough Syriza into power.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Collision Course with Angela Merkel

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Left-Right alliance against austerity and first act is to honour wartime resistance

Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as the new prime minister of Greece on Monday, after his radical Left-wing movement forged an unwieldy alliance with a far-Right party.

In a low-key ceremony lasting barely 10 minutes, Mr Tsipras promised to protect "the interests of the Greek people" as he signed an official mandate with a Mont Blanc fountain pen.

Well known for his disdain of ties, he arrived wearing an open-necked shirt.

He then went on to the National Resistance Memorial at Kaisariani and laid a wreath to two hundred Greek war dead as his first official act.

In a further break with convention, Mr Tsipras, an atheist, chose not to receive a traditional blessing from the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos II, becoming the first prime minister in the history of the modern Greek state to reject the religious gesture.

Instead of swearing on a Bible, as is customary, he took a non-religious oath. » | Nick Squires, Athens | Monday, January 26, 2015

What Does Syriza’s Victory Mean for Greece and the Eurozone?

Greece must bow to austerity or go bust, says EU » Bruno Waterfield, Brussels | Monday January 26, 2015

Greece Poll: Pro-bailout Party's Narrow Win Hailed
BBC: World leaders have welcomed the narrow election victory of Greece's broadly pro-bailout New Democracy party and urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly.

The eurozone group said reforms were Greece's "best guarantee" to overcome tough economic and social challenges.

European markets reacted positively, rising in early trading after Asia had also recorded gains.

The Syriza party, which rejected the bailout terms and came a close second, said it would lead the opposition.

With 99.9% of ballots counted, interior ministry results put New Democracy on 29.7% of the vote (129 seats), Syriza on 26.9% (71) and the socialist Pasok on 12.3% (33). There are 300 seats in parliament and Greece has a rule that gives the leading party 50 extra seats.

Greek voters had gone to the polls on Sunday following inconclusive elections in May. New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras said Greeks had chosen to stay in the euro and called for a "national salvation government".

Syriza's leader Alexis Tsipras said his party would not take part in the government, and would instead become a powerful anti-austerity voice in the opposition. » | Monday, June 18, 2012

Greek Election Favors Pro-Bailout Party
THE NEW YORK TIMES: ATHENS — Greek voters narrowly favored a pro-bailout party in parliamentary elections on Sunday, a result that is likely to calm world markets and ease fears that the country will leave the euro zone.

Official projections showed the conservative New Democracy party as coming in first, giving it the chance to collect enough support to form a pro-bailout coalition and keep Greece in the euro zone.

Late Sunday night, Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the leftist Syriza party, conceded the election and congratulated the conservative leader of New Democracy, Antonis Samaras. Syriza had called for a rejection of the loan deal that Greece had made with foreign creditors.

Though no party is expected to earn enough seats in the 300-member Parliament to form a government, official projections show that the two traditional parties — New Democracy and the socialist Pasok — would get enough seats to form a coalition. » | Rachel Donadio | Sunday, June 17, 2012

Greece's Far-left Party Gains Support
Syriza as Greece's number one party in the city of Chalkida and the surrounding regions - something that was unthinkable until the May 6 election. An estimated 6,000 jobs have been lost in the region - once a centre of industry - over the last nine months. And many voters now feel Syriza is the natural choice. On Sunday the far-left party is hoping to deliver a final knock out blow to mainstream politicians by winning the general election. Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from the city of Chalkida.

Leftist Candidate Tsipras Votes in Greece
June 17 - Leftist leader Alexis Tsipras cast his ballot in Greek elections. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Griechenlands Linken-Star Tsipras: Der Mann, der Europa Angst macht
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Alexis Tsipras lehnt das Sparen ab - und hat gute Chancen, Griechenlands Premier zu werden. Vor der Wahl am Sonntag inszeniert sich der Linke als Antipolitiker, als Vorkämpfer der Demokratie. Doch wenn er gewinnt, droht der Wirtschaft der endgültige Absturz und dem Land das Euro-Aus.

Zum Glück sind die Kunstledersessel im Zappeion halbwegs stabil. In dem klassizistischen Veranstaltungszentrum im Herzen Athens herrscht am Dienstagabend solcher Andrang, dass sich Kameramänner kurzerhand auf die Stühle stellen, um alles ins Bild zu bekommen. Einer platziert sich mitsamt Stativ sogar auf einem Tisch. Als ihm Kollegen trotzdem noch die Sicht versperren, schimpft er in wüstem Englisch los und ist kaum zu beruhigen. Und das alles wegen eines freundlichen jungen Mannes am anderen Ende des Saals. Alexis Tsipras sorgt mal wieder für Aufruhr.

Der 37-Jährige erregt die Gemüter wie kein anderer europäischer Politiker. Er führt das Linksbündnis Syriza an, ein Sieg bei der Parlamentswahl am Sonntag könnte zum Euro-Aus für Griechenland führen. Schließlich lehnt Syriza die Sparprogramme ab, denen sich Griechenland unterwerfen musste, um Finanzhilfen seiner Euro-Partner zu erhalten.

Diese Haltung reicht, um Tsipras für viele zur Persona non grata zu machen. Außer BundeskanzlerinAngela Merkel (CDU) verweigerte ihm auch Frankreichs neuer Präsident François Hollandebislang ein Treffen, obwohl er Tsipras' Kritik am harten Sparkurs eigentlich teilt. Die "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" bilanzierte, Tsipras' Äußerungen seien "eine einzige Abfolge von leerem Gerede, Gewaltverharmlosung und peudorevolutionärem Geschwätz". » | Aus Athen berichtet David Böcking | Mitarbeit: Lamprini Thoma | Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2012