MGN-AFRICA»» pin:7ffa8acc Syriza holds coalition talks after Greek election victory– live updates: Rolling reaction to Syriza’s historic success in the Greek elections, which opens up a new chapter in Europe’s debt crisis 8.07am GMT Events are moving fast in Greece. Alexis Tsipras is due to meet with the leader of the right-wing Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos, at 10.30 a.m local time (or 8.30am GMT). Tsipras should also receive a mandate from president Karolos Papoulias to form a government today. Including the Independent Greeks in the coalition suggests we can expect dangerous brinkmanship in the Greek govts negotiation w the troika 8.00am GMT Britain’s finance minister has denied that austerity has been defeated in the voting booths of Athens. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told BBC Radio that: “People get tired of economic failure, they tired of rising unemployment ... what you see is not a defeat of austerity, it is a defeat of economic plans that don’t work and in Britain we have got an economic plan that is working,” “I hope that both sides now act responsibly....It is certainly in the United Kingdom’s interests that we have stability, that we have a proper dialogue here between members of the euro.” The Greek election will increase economic uncertainty across Europe. Thats why the UK must stick to our plan, delivering security at home. 7.54am GMT Priti Patel, Conservative MP in Westminster, just told Sky News that Greece’s economic problems are “a stark reminder that we should never join the euro”. 7.51am GMT Syriza’s victory should energise the battle against austerity across Europe, argues the Green Party. MEPs Keith Taylor and Molly Scott Cato just issued a statement, saying: Greens share the view of the new government that austerity is a failed model which has piled misery on the poorest while making the wealthiest even richer. This result shows that challenging business as usual politics can win the support of the people. In the UK we are witnessing a Green Surge, in no small part due to our anti-austerity agenda, and we hope the Greek election result marks the beginnings of ordinary people standing up to a discredited economic model and failing Governments across Europe.” 7.47am GMT News of Syriza’s victory has pushed the euro to an 11-year low. The single currency hit $1.1098, for the first time since September 2003, as investors anticipate clashes between Alexis Tsipras and the EU. 7.41am GMT (via the eKathimerini newspaper) 7.37am GMT Good morning. The people of Greece have spoken, demanding an end to the austerity that has gripped the country since the debt crisis began. The verdict of the Greek people ends, beyond any doubt, the vicious circle of austerity in our country,”. “The verdict of the Greek people, your verdict, annuls today in an indisputable fashion the bailout agreements of austerity and disaster. The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework.” Continue reading... bit.ly/1kcSHfb pin:7ffa8acc
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:14:19 +0000
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