Radical Left Wins By A Landslide In Greece

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has conceded and called Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras to congratulate him on winning the Greek parliamentary election, Reuters reports.
In his victory address Tsipras said Greece “leaves behind the poverty of catastrophe, leaves behind five years of suffering,” adding that “the Greek government will be ready to cooperate and negotiate with our friends for a just and constructive solution.”

Here is the speech in full, with English translation from Sky News.

Earlier Samaras told supporters that he accepted the decision of the voters. He said: “The Greek people have spoken, [and] we respect their decision. I give back a country without deficits, which is member of euro and the EU. I hope the next government keeps it that way.”

With 80% of the votes counted Greece’s anti-austerity Syriza party has taken 36% of the vote in the general election. The latest official projection from the Interior Ministry gives the party 149 seats in the 300-seat parliament — two short of a majority.

Earlier an updated official exit poll projected Syriza could win between 36% and 38% of the national vote.

The party is comfortably ahead of closest rival, the center-right New Democracy party, which looks to be on track to win somewhere in the region of 26-28% of the vote. The far-right Golden Dawn party and newly formed center-left To Potami (The River) are duelling for third place, with between 5.9 and 7% of the vote… see more

source: businessinsider

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