Greece: the election is over, the economic crisis is not

Alexis Tsipras's renewed mandate will allow him to push for more debt relief and an easing of austerity conditions

What a difference eight months can make. When Syriza came to power in Greece in January it did so on a wave of voter enthusiasm. There was talk of an austerity party breaking the mould of post "great recession" politics. Europe's political establishment looked on in horror. The financial markets trembled.

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Tsipras will step up the pressure for debt relief now that he has his new mandate