Alexis Tsipras to the Rescue—Again

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s resounding election victory on 20 September 2015 poses many questions. Why did voters reelect him after his catalogue of errors between January and July of 2015? Have Greeks turned their backs on the country’s established parties once and for all? And can Tsipras’s government, which has returned to power with just a five-seat majority, survive in the long term?

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Greek legislative election, September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-legislative-election-20-september-2015/

ESO: Background information: Tsipras wins again http://www.europeansources.info/record/tsipras-wins-again/

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