tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post7256368415966956611..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: Trying to understand SYRIZAkleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-54195372412522045542012-05-14T19:43:45.286+02:002012-05-14T19:43:45.286+02:00I would only suggest that someone translates this ...I would only suggest that someone translates this paper to Mr. Tsipras before he decides to give foreigners the shaft.<br /><br />http://theprodigalgreek.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/ground-zero/kleinguthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-42492849921168537462012-05-14T18:10:26.952+02:002012-05-14T18:10:26.952+02:00Mr Tsipras is simply smart. He believes that Greec...Mr Tsipras is simply smart. He believes that Greece will default in any case. So he rallies against Merkel and the Euro just to get a shot at the prime minister seat, promising that Greece will we much bettere with the Drachma.<br />Berlusconi did the same in Italy promising 1 million new jobs and wealth for everyone. He got elected and of course no one saw the jobs. <br />He knows very well that once you get your bum in the parliament, you can do whatever you want - he has seen Pasok and ND doing exactly this for 20 years !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-19093521384267519982012-05-14T01:27:00.700+02:002012-05-14T01:27:00.700+02:00This appears to be useful - Paul Mason (BBC journa...This appears to be useful - Paul Mason (BBC journalist) on trying to understand Syriza. <br /><br /><a href="http://paulmasonnews.tumblr.com/post/22914870033/greece-trying-to-understand-syriza" rel="nofollow">http://paulmasonnews.tumblr.com/post/22914870033/greece-trying-to-understand-syriza</a><br /><br />Mason posits a scenario where Syriza won't need the 'support' of the PASOK/ND political establishment, in fact the KKE (hardline Marxists) could be their main stumbling block. <br /><br />CKCanutely Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318977471631386327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-29745667025343741782012-05-13T18:36:24.134+02:002012-05-13T18:36:24.134+02:00I have to admit that it is hard to argue that Tsip...I have to admit that it is hard to argue that Tsipras is being excluded when ND/PASOK/DL are essentially begging him to join them. Still, my gut tells me that he is treated like an outsider. They don’t seem to mean well with him but primarily with themselves (and with Greece, or so they say). <br /><br />Haider thrived on the role of being an outsider. When he finally caved in and joined a government, his party lost voters and almost disappeared. Tsipras makes the same point which Haider always made: that he would never allow the others to corrupt his convictions (and he was a genius of changing his convictions all the time without his voters’ caring much about it…).<br /><br />I we wanted to get into a discussion about Haider and how the EU treated Austria back in 1999, we would have to start a new blog…<br /><br />Tsipras seems on a roll. I if can avoid major blunders, he ought to become the clear No. 1 the next time. That should propel him well over 100 seats. That is likely to change how other parties view him. I mean, it’s one thing to refuse overtures from someone who has 52 seats and another thing if that someone has over one-third of all seats in Parliament.kleinguthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-68484145660053541082012-05-13T17:39:17.171+02:002012-05-13T17:39:17.171+02:00My reading of ==>> http://www.ekathimerini.c...My reading of ==>> <a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_13/05/2012_441897" rel="nofollow">http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_13/05/2012_441897</a><br /><br />is that by Mr Tsipras' own admission the other parties have tried to INCLUDE him, it is Mr. Tsipras who rejected such overtures - and he appears to be boasting about it.<br /><br />Can't say I blame him, if the pundits are right then SYRIZA will get the largest number of votes at the next election. But its hard to imagine them getting an outright majority. Unless there's a very low turnout, which I guess is a distinct possibility.<br /><br />More than a few of the people (outside Austria) who railed and ranted at Haider, had been quite happy to have tea and biscuits, whatever, with the likes of Tudjman and Seselj just a few years earlier. AFAIK Haider never murdered or raped anyone, nor did he sanction such. That useless gesture was another of Europe's "finest hours - not"<br /><br />CKCanutely Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318977471631386327noreply@blogger.com