Portrait of the man who’s taken the euro to the brink: Revealed, how ‘hardcore’ Greek PM clashed with Italian police at G8 demo – and the communist lover who said she’ll leave him if he caves in to EU demands

‘Wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt and Cuban cap, these pictures show the future Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at a violent clash with Italian police ahead of a G8 summit.

Tsipras was among a group of 1,000 ‘hardcore’ Greek radicals who advanced on Italy intent on disrupting the G8 meeting in Genoa in 2001.

The never-before-seen images show Tsipras, then 26, watching as a comrade is picked up by police in full riot gear.’

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