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GREEK ELECTION UPDATE: LEFTIST SYRIZA AND CONSERVATIVE INDEPENDENT GREEKS WILL FORM COALITION
1/26/2015 | Self

Posted on 01/25/2015 10:51:40 PM PST by 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.


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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.

1 posted on 01/25/2015 10:51:40 PM PST by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

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

I wish them luck.


2 posted on 01/25/2015 10:52:46 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Tzimisce

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.


3 posted on 01/25/2015 10:55:36 PM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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To: Tzimisce

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


4 posted on 01/25/2015 11:00:28 PM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: Deo volente

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.


5 posted on 01/25/2015 11:02:39 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Tzimisce

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...


6 posted on 01/25/2015 11:11:18 PM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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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.


7 posted on 01/25/2015 11:30:25 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Nextrush

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


8 posted on 01/25/2015 11:39:06 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Nextrush

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


9 posted on 01/25/2015 11:51:09 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Nextrush

Talk about odd couple.


10 posted on 01/25/2015 11:53:44 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13 Revelation 16 Revelation 17 Revelation 18 Revelation 19)
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So I guess you’re saying it’s a coalition of anti-establishment populist parties coming together?


11 posted on 01/25/2015 11:56:45 PM PST by JSDude1 ( .)
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To: dadfly

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.


12 posted on 01/26/2015 12:27:02 AM PST by aquila48
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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.

13 posted on 01/26/2015 12:35:13 AM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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So will this “more for nothing” coalition force Merkel’s hand? Will the EU start to leave them to their own misery?


14 posted on 01/26/2015 12:40:37 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Tzimisce

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


15 posted on 01/26/2015 1:26:30 AM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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16 posted on 01/26/2015 2:22:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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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!

17 posted on 01/26/2015 2:45:23 AM PST by grania
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To: Tzimisce
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.

18 posted on 01/26/2015 3:39:37 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (When you accept that Obama is a muslim, all things become clear.)
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To: JSDude1

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.


19 posted on 01/26/2015 4:33:57 AM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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To: spetznaz

Exactly, and Independent Greeks allying with these comies is vile


20 posted on 01/26/2015 5:32:25 AM PST by Viennacon
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