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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at a press conference, February 9, 2015 in Vienna – Patrick Domingo AFP

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Alexis Tsipras can get to work. Tuesday night, the new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, from the party of the radical left Syriza, won on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday the vote of confidence of Deputies by 162 votes out of 299 voters, said the president of the . Assembly Zoe Konstantopoulou

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Tsipras collected the votes of 149 deputies Syriza and those (13) of its ally in the government coalition, the Independent Greeks, right-wing sovereignist. The others voted against. One member was absent.

Prime Minister, who had already delivered a policy speech very determined Sunday sharply raised its voice against Germany on Tuesday night before the vote, announcing that the German minister Wolfgang Schäuble Finance “might well ask us in any way, we will not ask for extension of the aid plan for Greece.”

The Greeks no longer support, in fact, to have to bow for five years before the harsh demands of the country’s creditors (ECB, EU, IMF) in exchange for massive loans (240 billion) that have avoided ruin the country.

The former Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy, fought on January 25, criticized point by point in the discussion the Tsipras government projects. However, he said that if the government “showed responsibility, he would find more support than he thought” on the part of the opposition.