Skip to content

Left government with a shot of right-wing populism?

The election in Greece are over, the neonazi party advanced and should not be ignored, Chrisy Avgi reached the third place with about 6 %, but SYRIZA won with 36,6 %, wich make them slightly miss the absolute majority. SYRIZA now has chosen to form a coalition with the right wing populist party ANEL (Independent Greecks).

Beyond the question if SYRIZA will be able to keep its political promises is the question what will be the consequences of this coalition, with the focus on migration politics and detention camps. When SYRIZA would consider the humanitarian crisis as a problem of the greeks, since ANEL shows no solidarity for migrants, it would be a big slap in the face of greeck leftists and especially for the migrants themselves. And SYRIZA will loose a lot of its credibility.

Hopefully it will be possible for SYRIZA to improve the life situation in Greece and to create a social alternative for the neofascist/capitalistic destruction of Europe.