+ VIDEO – Polls “exit polls” Syriza place well ahead, with a range of 35.5 to 39.5% of the vote. The party could win an absolute majority
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Greece is preparing for a small political revolution brought to power the radical left party that promised to turn his back on the extreme rigor policy for six years under the tutelage of niggling its international creditors. According to early polls “exit polls”, the anti-austerity party Syriza appears widely in the ballot head, in the range of 35.5% to 39.5%, followed far behind by the party of New Democracy outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who would have received less than 27% of votes. The party Aléxis Tsipras, who has spent his entire campaign on the rejection of the troika and the need to renegotiate the country’s huge debt (173% of GDP), could even win an absolute majority of seats in the Greek Parliament. According to initial projections, SYRIZA would get between 146 and 158 seats in the Vouli, the Greek Parliament, where the absolute majority is 151
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Years of deprivation
The polls had predicted victory for Syriza had also placed two parties neck and neck for third place: the new centrist and pro-European party, To Potami, “The River”, and the far-right Golden Dawn training actually compete for the podium, with an estimated score for each of them, between 6 4% and 8% of the vote. The Communist Party seems to maintain its position between 4.7 and 5.7% of the vote. The little sovereignist party Independent Greeks, which could serve as an adjunct to Syriza if it needed it, got about 4% of the vote. The big loser of the vote is the Socialist Party, PASOK, many voters turned to Syriza. It collects only 4% to 5% of the vote against 12.3% in the last parliamentary elections in June 2012.
“ This is a historic victory “said Panos Skourletis, spokesman for Syriza on Greek television Mega TV. “ It sends a message against austerity and for dignity and democracy. ” The promise has increased the Syriza party leader during the campaign certainly explain the victory of the coalition parties from communism and the extreme left, federated by Alexis Tsipras. It was not difficult to play on the exasperation of the Greeks who paid a high price for the financial recovery of their country. Exasperated by years of deprivation and without any assurance that they would soon see the end of the tunnel, voters are seduced by the spirit of the former communist activist who promised to reduce the country’s debt and mounting the tone vis-à-vis the troika. “ The common future of Europe is not that of austerity “, launched out of the voting booth Alexis Tsipras.
With, for any balance sheet, an unemployment rate of 25%, revenues plummeting and a debt that has been growing, the outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras failed to convince voters that it was necessary to persevere on the path of rigor. Its arguments on the risks of leaving the euro if Syriza comes to power did not bring either, although a large majority of the country wants to stay in the euro area. Sunday, the Greeks have decided to hit his fist on the table and hope it will not spill.
Catherine Chatignoux
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