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Greece and the European Union: One Year after Syriza’s Victory and Six Months after the Coup

By David Posted on February 23, 2016 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, Coup, ecb, eu, goldman sachs, greece, imf, syriza, troika

‘One year after the victory and six months after the coup, we shouldn’t fool ourselves: This was a defeat, of the Greek government. But it’s not only Syriza that has failed (for now). The whole left has failed in Greece – and in the rest of Europe, indeed. Europe is no longer what it was. […]

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Greeks Watch Passively as Government Drains Them Dry

By David Icke Posted on December 17, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, eu, greece, Lies, syriza

‘If one had asked any Greek exactly one year ago, that the full of promises SYRIZA party would come to power to finish off the crisis-stricken Greek economy and drain his personal wealth, with his blessing, he would have called them a lunatic. Yet, a year later, the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition has legislated measures and reforms […]

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Greece: National Economic Collapse and the Neoliberal Backlash, Syriza Holds On, The Left Is Weakened

By David Icke Posted on December 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Economic Collapse, eu, greece, imf, syriza, world bank

‘The Greek tragedy of national economic collapse appeared to be turning into farce with the re-election of Syriza at the end of September. The leftist party had been first elected only seven months earlier on the promise to end the austerity measures forced on Greece by the troika of the European Union (EU), International Monetary […]

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Greek parliament votes through more vicious EU cuts

By David Icke Posted on December 6, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, bailouts, eu, greece, syriza, troika

Greek’s political majority led by ‘revolutionary’ Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed further suffering upon suffering for the Greek people when they narrowly defeated the opposition over new austerity measures. Tsipras then had the nerve to say: ‘This budget is a difficult task for a government that wants to leave its mark with social justice.’ As […]

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Syriza austerity policy faces fierce protests, Molotovs thrown at police in Athens

By David Icke Posted on November 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, athens, austerity, greece, Police State, protests, syriza

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Greece and lenders start talks on economic reforms under bailout deal

By David Icke Posted on October 21, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, bailouts, greece, syriza

”Greece and its international creditors have resumed talks on the Athens’ progress in implementing the tough economic reforms required by the lenders in exchange for a new aid package. According to a statement by the Greek Finance Ministry, the high-level talks began on Wednesday between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and representatives of the European Commission […]

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SYRIZA’s Pyrrhic Victory, and the Future of the Left in Greece

By David Icke Posted on September 27, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, bailouts, eu, greece, syriza

‘In the wake of the September 20 Greek election SYRIZA has once again formed a coalition government with a small right-wing party, ANEL. Both parties lost votes and seats but their standing, like those of most other parties, was not very dissimilar to the results in January, when SYRIZA was first elected. SYRIZA’s 35.46% and […]

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Greek snap election: New Democracy concedes defeat to Tsipras’s leftist Syriza

By David Icke Posted on September 21, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Democracy, Elections, greece, syriza

‘Greek left-wing party Syriza has secured 145 seats in the country’s 300-member parliament and is set to form a ruling coalition with Independent Greeks after winning 35.5 percent of the vote. The leader of New Democracy, Syriza’s main rival, has conceded defeat. “The electoral result appears to be concluding with Syriza and Mr Tspiras in […]

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Varoufakis on Corbyn’s campaign & tragedy of Greek finance plan

By David Icke Posted on September 17, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with eu, greece, syriza

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Ahead of Greek election, Syriza’s ‘lost generation’ deserts Tsipras

By David Icke Posted on September 5, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with greece, syriza

‘So divided has Syriza’s youth wing become over the direction of Greece’s leftist party, that when its council planned to convene at the end of August, the meeting was abandoned. Too many of its 71 members were on the point of quitting. The incident showed the disillusionment Syriza’s twenty-somethings feel with leader Alexis Tsipras, the […]

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Syriza leading opinion polls ahead of new Greek elections despite rebellion and Alexis Tsipras stepping down

By David Icke Posted on August 30, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Elections, eu, greece, protests, referendum, syriza

‘The leftist Greek party Syriza has come out ahead in an opinion poll, despite defections following arguments over the country’s debt crisis and just one week after the party’s chief and country’s Prime Minister stepped down. The party is seeking re-election following the resignation of Alexis Tsipras on the 21st of August. Tsipras stepped down […]

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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Documents Syriza’s Political Treachery

By David Icke Posted on August 25, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, bailouts, eu, syriza

‘Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is continuing his effort to distance himself from the austerity memorandum Syriza Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to impose. In doing so, he is succeeding only in confirming the bankruptcy of the entire Syriza project, which has been embraced by pseudo-left groups internationally. Varoufakis became finance minister following […]

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SYRIZA Votes for A Disastrous New EU Austerity Program. A New Popular Political Front against the EU Is Required

By David Icke Posted on August 14, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, eu, greece, syriza

‘The new austerity program that was proposed yesterday (13/8/2015) by the SYRIZA government and voted by the majority of SYRIZA and the discredited old pro-austerity and pro-EU (European Union) parties brings disaster for the Greek people. Economic depression will be aggravated, foreign debt will be increased, wages and pensions reduced even more, poverty exacerbated and […]

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Greece bailout: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces vote of confidence after Syriza revolt

By David Icke Posted on August 14, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bailouts, eu, greece, syriza

‘Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will face a vote of confidence after a huge number of Syriza MPs voted against the bailout deal. The €85 billion deal – which means the country will avoid a default next week -ultimately passed with support from opposition parties after an all-night parliamentary session. Overall 222 votes MPs backed […]

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Bailout terms for Athens ‘declare war’ on Greek workers, say campaigners

By David Icke Posted on August 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, greece, syriza

‘Requirements attached to Greece’s latest bailout package are “extreme” free market fundamentalism designed to punish ordinary Greek people, a leading social justice campaign has said. After all-night negotiations in Athens, the European Commission (EC) came to an agreement with Greek representatives on Tuesday to provide Greece with an €85 billion (£95 billion) rescue loan. UK […]

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