Agora
Posts on September 2015
If it's stability you're looking for...
The September 20 election, the second this year, has probably generated more questions about Greece’s political future and how stable it will be than it has answered. Repetition, it seems, has failed to provide clarity.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (364), Greece (466)
Neither necessary, nor good
Having let cracks appear in his leftist credentials in January by deciding to work with the Independent Greeks (ANEL), a party that has espoused populist, nationalist, racist and conspiracy-theorist views, Alexis Tsipras has taken a sledgehammer to the hopes of those who thought he might seek a more progressive alliance this time.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (364), Greece (466)
Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
Working out how Alexis Tsipras went from anti-austerity crusader to comfortably winning an election while promising to implement the third bailout, and in the process turning a resounding “No” in the July referendum to a humiliating “Yes” a week later, is something that political scientists will study for years to come.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (364), Greece (466)
Why did Tsipras win again?
The initial results from Greece’s second general election this year, and its fifth since October 2009, suggest that the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has a level of political durability that few could have predicted – and that a large section of Greek society is willing to be incredibly patient with him.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (364), Greece (466)
Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
The fact that we are entering Sunday’s elections with the result still difficult to predict is a reflection of the failures of Greece’s parties but also the confusion felt by voters who feel sapped by the tumultuous events of the last few months, which came on top of an exhausting 5 years.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (364), Greece (466)