Sunday, January 4, 2015

Greek Left-Wing Party Leader Promises to Abandon Austerity Policy

Leader of the Greek left-wing Syriza party, Alexis Tsipras, announced that he would abandon policy of austerity, introduced in 2010 to pull out the country of the debt crisis, in the event his party wins the upcoming snap elections planned for January 25, AFP reported.
Austerity measures have stabilized Greece and helped the country to remain in the economic union of the EU. However, the rigid policy has had drastic consequences for the national economy and society, with the unemployment rate up to 25% and a decline in industrial output by 35%. The numbers of homeless has also dramatically risen, while the healthcare system and other social services have collapsed.

Tsipras promised to abandon restrictive measures and start a "necessary change" in Europe.

"With vigorous negotiations, we guarantee our country's truly equitable participation in the eurozone," Tsipras said. "We must finish with austerity," he added.

However, the potential change of the current course seems to be worrying for some European countries. Earlier this week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany is ready for Greece to leave the eurozone if the new government would change the current economic course.

“The German government considers a eurozone exit [by Greece] to be almost inevitable if opposition leader Alexis Tsipras leads the government after the election and abandons budgetary discipline and does not repay the country's debts," German magazine “Der Spiegel” wrote on its website.

In May 2014, the Syriza party won the European Parliament elections, causing shock across the EU. It was the first time a radical left-wing political party has gained victory in Greece, according to the Guardian. Over the last few months the party became very popular in the country and is considered highly electable for the upcoming parliament elections.
  http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150104/1016502130.html
 4/1/15
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1 comment:

  1. Syriza propugna el principio del fin de la austeridad ...

    El principio del fin de la austeridad en Grecia tiene un precio: 1.300 millones de euros. En esa cantidad evalúa el equipo de asesores económicos de Syriza el dinero para aliviar de manera inmediata la “crisis humanitaria” a consecuencia de seis años de recesión y los recortes exigidos por la troika a cambio de los dos rescates (240.000 millones), una dependencia que ha disparado la deuda pública hasta el 177% del PIB (320.000 millones, un tercio más que al inicio de la crisis). La economía es el núcleo del programa electoral de Syriza, presentado ayer en Fáliro (Atenas), y también lo será de la campaña de sus rivales, que acusan al partido izquierdista de empujar el país a la bancarrota y fuera del euro, algo que no figura en sus propuestas.

    El equipo de expertos de Syriza, en el que coinciden veteranos marxistas junto a jóvenes profesionales formados en EE UU, considera que esos 1.300 millones de emergencia cubrirían las necesidades básicas de la población más afectada por la crisis (alimentación, electricidad, alojamiento, sanidad, como ya hace el Ayuntamiento de Jalandri, o la prefectura del Ática, con un paquete de 13 millones sólo para ayuda humanitaria). Pero también servirían para elevar el salario mínimo, que ahora no llega a los 500 euros, por no hablar de una moratoria bancaria sobre los créditos privados que superen el 30% de los ingresos. Alrededor de 800.000 griegos pueden perder en 2015 su hogar o su local de negocio por las deudas, según fuentes del partido, tras concluir en diciembre la moratoria antidesahucios................http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2015/01/03/actualidad/1420304863_076115.html
    4/1/15

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