Greece. Alexis Tsipras resigns, Greeks vote again – Ouest-France

 
   

     
       
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The financial crisis in which Greece has been struggling 2010 continues to devour the leaders. After seven months in business, Alexis Tsipras, fifth Prime Minister in five years, announced last night his resignation. In a televised speech, the leader of Syriza, the radical left coalition winning the legislative elections of January with 36% of the vote and 149 deputies out of 300, submitted its mandate at stake: “The mandate we received reached its limits, “he said.

Grave, combative, Tsipras, 41, returned to the third aid package (86 billion euros) obtained from Europe and the IMF, whose first installment, released yesterday, saved Athens from a default. He said he negotiated with a knife to her throat, says he fought tooth and nail, and acknowledges that he had …

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         Greece. Alexis Tsipras resigns, Greeks vote again

                   
                           Europe
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