Greece: Tsipras to form new Greek government after Syriza election triumph | The Guardian

Alexis Tsipras will be sworn in as Greece’s prime minister later on Monday and his new government formally announced on Tuesday, Greek media said, after the leftist Syriza leader romped to an unexpectedly convincing election victory. The result on Sunday was a personal triumph for the 41-year-old, who gambled on the snap poll last month to see off a revolt by party radicals over his U-turn on accepting more tough austerity measures in exchange for Greece’s third international bailout. The premier-elect will now make renegotiating the terms of Greece’s debt mountain a top priority. He will attempt to build a broad consensus among the parties he defeated so as to strengthen his hand in talks with the country’s eurozone creditors, a senior Syriza source told Reuters. “We will continue negotiations in the coming period, with the debt issue being the first and most important battle,” the source said. “We will ask all political forces to support our efforts.”
Tsipras will also have to grapple with Greece’s position in Europe’s worsening refugee crisis as the main entry point for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants arriving by sea. He will attend an emergency EU summit over the crisis on Wednesday.
Donald Tusk, president of the European council, congratulated Tsipras and urged him to show leadership on issues such as the refugee crisis and determination in implementing the reforms. “I trust that Greece, with your new government, will contribute constructively in seeking solutions to all those challenges,” Tusk said.
After breaking election promises, performing a 180-degree about-turn on the party’s key policy, introducing crippling capital controls and almost sending his country crashing out of the euro, Tsipras has bounced back in a remarkable fashion. Now he must set about implementing the very measures he earlier swore to bury for ever. Keeping both creditors and voters happy will not be easy.
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