Eleições Gregas 2012: Syriza

Como é que o Syriza chegou ao ponto de poder formar governo? Como é que o Bloco de Esquerda grego ganhou eleitorado? O que aconteceu ao PASOK? Estas e outras perguntas são respondidas de forma bastante clara num artigo entitulado "Greece: Trying to understand SYRIZA" escrito por Paul Mason, editor de economia da BBC Newsnight. Vale a pena ler.

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As events pulled SYRIZA leftward, and swelled its support, one final split took place that may prove highly significant. Veteran leaders of the old KKE-interior – that is, the Eurocommunists – split from Synaspismos and formed the Democratic Left, led by Fotis Kouvelis – in March 2010. They formed a separate parliamentary group of 4 until the recent election massively swelled their numbers to 19. At the first congress of the Democratic Left, in March 2011, in an extraordinary move, the then serving PASOK prime minister, George Papandreou, attended, sat in the front row of the audience, and applauded.
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cartoon: Manos Symeonakis