27 Jan 2015
Syriza is shaping up its government – Danske Bank
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Senior Analyst Morten Helt at Danske Bank evaluates the political arena in Greece post-elections on Sunday.
Key Quotes
“In Greece it was confirmed yesterday that Syriza will form a government with the small right-wing party, Independent Greeks, and thus Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister only one day after his party won a significant election victory”.
“Together Syriza and Independent Greeks control a total of 162 seats in Greece’s 300-seat parliament but it is a remarkable coalition in the sense that the radical left-wing Syriza and the right-wing Independent Greeks have very little in common besides a strong opposition to Greece’s austerity measures that the former government negotiated with the EU and IMF”.
Key Quotes
“In Greece it was confirmed yesterday that Syriza will form a government with the small right-wing party, Independent Greeks, and thus Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister only one day after his party won a significant election victory”.
“Together Syriza and Independent Greeks control a total of 162 seats in Greece’s 300-seat parliament but it is a remarkable coalition in the sense that the radical left-wing Syriza and the right-wing Independent Greeks have very little in common besides a strong opposition to Greece’s austerity measures that the former government negotiated with the EU and IMF”.