Tsipras’s anti-austerity policy calls for a 12 million Euro increase in social spending, putting Greece on collision course with the European Union. But opinion polls show that some 75 % of Greeks want the country to stay within the single currency. At the time of writing, a likely result in the ballot is that no party will win an overall majority. Tsipras publicly has ruled out a coalition with the fast-rising centre left To Potami party but a power-sharing deal would give Syriza’s energetic leader a valid reason to tone down his radical proposals and avoid an outright conflict with the European Union.
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