by Kerin Hope Financial TimesJuly 8, 2019 A triumphant Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister on Monday after leading his New Democracy party to a resounding election victory. “The people of Greece gave us a strong mandate yesterday to change this country. We will honour it to the full. The job […]
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by Yascha Mounk AtlanticJuly 9, 2019 A few short years ago, the far left was resurgent. Fringe politicians such as Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn, Greece’s Alexis Tsipras, and France’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon were turning into the standard-bearers of the mainstream left. Meanwhile, in the United States, Bernie Sanders was staging a surprisingly robust primary challenge against Hillary
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by Roger Cohen New York TimesJuly 8, 2019 If you’re looking for an optimistic story in Europe, try Greece. Yes, you read that right. Having lost a quarter of its economy in a devastating recession, Greece has turned the corner, its democracy intact, its extremist temptations defeated and its anti-Americanism defunct. The landslide election on
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EconomistJuly 8, 2019 Greece’s center-right New Democracy party (ND) comfortably won a snap general election on July 7th, capturing 39.9% of the vote to 31.5% for the left-wing Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras, the current prime minister. The result fell short of the sweeping victory for ND predicted by some pollsters, but gives the conservatives
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