Greece: Syriza Passes Hand; PASOK to Attempt Formation of Government

[L'Humanite]

Alixis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza, remitted President Carolos Papoulias' mandate to form a government on May 10. Papoulias has asked Evangelos Venizelos, of PASOK, the Greek Socialist Party, to attempt to form a governing majority from the deputies elected in the May 6 legislative elections. Alexis Tsipras, whose anti-austerity left-wing coalition came in second in the elections, explains his inability to form a government as due to the fact that “our proposal won broad backing in (...)-World/ Elections, Greece

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[Dhalgren]

Germany solemnly warned Greece on May 9, through foreign affairs minister Guido Westerwelle, that the country will not receive another allotment of financial aid if it abandons austerity. If Greece were not to receive any more of the 130 billion euros in aid provided for by the European Union-IMF plan, it would not be able to pay its debt and would soon go bankrupt.

"Guido" needs to be fitted for some heavy shoes. The Euro needs to go the way of the Austrian Empire and it needs to be quick about it!