GREEK ELECTION UPDATE: LEFTIST SYRIZA AND CONSERVATIVE INDEPENDENT GREEKS WILL FORM COALITION

1/26/2015 | Self

[Nextrush]

The vote totals are still being finalized but the latest show the SYRIZA Party at 150 of the 300 seats in the Greek parliament with 36.3 percent of the vote.

This is one vote short of an overall majority but multiple media sources including "The Wall Street Journal" are reporting that the conservative Independent Greeks, who broke away from the New Democracy (Republican type) Party in 2011 and are firmly against the EU austerity program will join up to stablilize the government.

The Independent Greeks (ANEL) won 4.7 percent of the popular vote and 13 seats.

The SYRIZA-ANEL alliance would have 163 seats, a governing majority.

Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos is set to meet SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras in the coming hours.

[Nextrush]

Independent Greeks are not the New Dawn fascists, but they are conservatives who firmly oppose the EU, the Greek equivalent of the "Tea Party".

They are said to be against immigration and multiculturalism and to support religious education of children.

I had been anticipating this development based on last minute election polls and it appears to be coming to pass.

[Tzimisce]

They are going to try to spend their way out of debt.

I wish them luck.

[Nextrush]

Its their country, let them sink or swim on their own as a sovereign nation, not under the boot of the EU and the New World Order.

[Deo volente]

If they had something akin to our Fed, they could simply print money and ‘stimulate’ the economy.

[Tzimisce]

The problem is they promised too many people too many things.

I guess they can print trillions of dollars to plug the hole.

But it’s not going to help.

They need a serious generational change and that just isn’t in the cards.

[Nextrush]

We will see what happens but a small conservative faction that broke away from the Republican Party of Greece (New Democracy) and calls itself Independent Greeks will help the SYRIZA leftists govern.

Their unifying rationale is their total opposition to the EU and its austerity regime.

The Greek equivalent of the Tea Party in the US and UKIP in the UK will participate in the new government of Greece...

[dadfly]

makes sense to me. if the “leftist” sirza is against the communist EUSSR, well they don’t sound very leftist to me; they actually sound conservative.

and if the greeks have the equivalent of the tea party there or UKIP in britain, it’d be completely rational for it to make immediate common cause with any foe of the EUSSR or the leftist republocrat party here.

it sounds like the new coalition in Greece simply wants to bring the underground greek free economy back into the sunlight under the banner of free enterprise. that’s fine with me. i wish we had a US independent conservative party here (5% would be amazing to start) doing the same thing for our underwater economy.

[Tzimisce]

But just like in the US, the conservative movement will have no real clout in the government.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The Far Left that won are not talking about leaving the EU. They are talking about robbing it. Are you still excited about that?

[StoneWall Brigade]

Talk about odd couple.

[JSDude1]

So I guess you’re saying it’s a coalition of anti-establishment populist parties coming together?

[aquila48]

Tsipras said they don’t want to get out of the EU or the Euro. They want their debt forgiven or pushed out and they also want to hire more government workers and restore pension cuts - what got them in trouble in the first place.

Basically they’re amateur leftists living in fantasy land... but reality will be crashing their party soon enough.

What’s amazing is that Tsipras is a civil engineer - you would think he’d be more grounded in reality and logic.

[spetznaz]

If the “leftist” sirza is against the communist EUSSR, well they don’t sound very leftist to me; they actually sound conservative.

Syriza is indeed Leftist, with 'nigh-communist/radical left' being a more apropos descriptor. It even has a Maoist component, which is quite an interesting thing for a Western country in the Twenty-first Century. As for it being against the EU(SSR), it is simply because it is a far-left party that is anti-establishment, and that they have used anti-austerity as a populist mechanism to get the support of the people (and the Greek people have a lot to complain about, which worked well for Syriza).

Syriza is nowhere close to Conservative - at least what is considered conservative in the US.

[9YearLurker]

So will this “more for nothing” coalition force Merkel’s hand? Will the EU start to leave them to their own misery?

[wiggen]

they can’t print anything, Thats the drawback to the EU.

[SunkenCiv]

• Arrest of Adams is 'an act against democracy' [2014]

  The European Left's candidate for the European Commission presidency, Alexis Tsipras, Friday called for the immediate release of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams who is been held for questioning in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. Tsipras called the arrest a "politically inflammatory act against democracy".

• European Socialists, Radical Muslims United by 'Mutual Hatred for Judeo-Christian Culture' [2015]
• Far from 'outsiders,' Europe and Islam have long been intertwined [2015]
• Putin's Western Allies: Why Europe's Far Right Is on the Kremlin's Side [2014]
• Putin Is Infiltrating European Politics With Shocking Effectiveness [2014]
• Russia may lift food import ban from Greece if it quits EU - Russian agriculture minister [2015]
• Merkel offers Russia free-trade agreement (with EU) [2015]
• Greece's radical left could kill off austerity in the EU [2014]
• Europe's Austerity Moment Is Ending (Greek election) [2015]
• Greek radical left leader Tsipras: asking for Greek people's vote to cancel the bailout [2012]
• Greece under the leftists: Debt-free, well-paid and a proud people [2012]
• Greece supports left-wing Syriza as Europe takes lurch to the right [2014]
• Juncker: Greece should avoid 'wrong outcome' in elections [2014]
• Greece Scrambles To Prevent Deposit Run Goldman Warned About In Its "Worst Case" [2014]
• Greece Heading to Early Elections After Presidential Vote Fails [2014]
• Greek Exit Disaster...or Not [2015]
• Merkel ready to let Greece exit eurozone: report [2015]
• The 2015 Greek euro drama [2015]
• EU calls euro membership 'irrevocable' but renegotiable [2015]
• Greek Radical Left on the March [2015]
• As Euro Slides, Strategists Cut Forecasts [2015]
• Global economy hopes raised after European stimulus [2015]
• Greek leftists Syriza aim for landmark election win [2015]
• Greek exit polls suggest Syriza win [2015]
• Greece election: Exit polls signal big Syriza win [2015]
• Greece: Talks with troika the main test [2015]
• Greek Deposit Outflows Soar In Run-Up To Syriza Victory [2015]
• Greek Election Update: Leftist Syriza and Conservative Independent Greeks Will Form Coalition [2015]

[grania]

It's their country, let them sink or swim on their own as a sovereign nation, not under the boot of the EU and the NWO

Exactly. We're in WW3 and the bankers and globalist elite are winning. Three cheers to Greece!

[Former Proud Canadian]

Nope, they are going to abrogate their bonds. At that point no one will lend to them so they won't be able to spend beyond their tax revenue.

Shortly after the default, Greece will leave or be kicked out of the Eurozone. The drachma will return and they can print their own money again. The "new drachma" will go the way of all fiat currencies.

[Nextrush]

These two parties have always had one important thing in common, steadfast opposition to the EU imposed austerity.

The austerity imposed by the Uniparties of Greece, New Democracy (Republicans) and PASOK (Democrats). Both those parties are now weakened with PASOK down below five percent of the vote.

We will see how it plays out.

[Viennacon]

Exactly, and Independent Greeks allying with these comies is vile