Alexis Tsipras, head of Syriza, Greece’s extreme left-wing
political party, appeared on Amanpour Wednesday. Speaking from Athens, where he currently
leads in the presidential polls, Mr. Tsipras responded to German Chancellor
Merkel’s ultimatum – either Greece seeks economic reform and embraces
austerity, or it will be shown the door of the European Union.
“I don’t know what Madame Merkel wants to do but I know what
we want to do,” said Tsipras. “We don’t want outside the Eurozone. But we
believe that Madame Merkel put the euro and the Eurozone in big danger by
keeping these austerity measures.”
He added, “We want to change the austerity measures in
Greece, also in Europe. We want to do this with the incorporation of other
forces and people of Europe, the people who want a big change. Because
everybody now understands that with this policy we are going directly to the
hell. And we want to change this way.”
Read the whole sad story at http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/16/alexis-tsipras-austerity-will-send-us-directly-to-the-hell/
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