General Election In Greece

Greece’s youngest political leader, Alexis Tsipras, is seeking a united left front that will call time on the harsh austerity that comes with an international bailout keeping Athens afloat. He calls the ultimatum thrown down by mainstream parties, bailout or bust, a scare tactic to force people to accept painful cuts in pay and pensions.

The leader of the Left Coalition, one of four parties vying for third place, Tsipras, 38, is appealing to the KKE communists, the Democratic Left and others to team up at May 6 elections to vote out policies driving Greeks into poverty.

“Today, after two and a half years of barbarism, democracy at last returns to its birthplace,” said Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left, an amalgam of former Communist Party members. Tsipras said he hopes the election leaves Greece with a left-wing government.
A soccer fan who supports Athens-based Panathinaikos, Tsipras and his partner, high school sweetheart Betty, expect their second son in July. <Cihan>

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