The lenders are the real winners in Greece – Alexis Tsipras has been set up to fail | Yanis Varoufakis
by Yanis Varoufakis from on (#N43E)
The Greek leader won on three promises the troika will make it hard for him to keep
Alexis Tsipras has snatched resounding victory from the jaws of July's humiliating surrender to the troika of Greece's lenders. Defying opposition parties, opinion pollsters and critics within his ranks (including this writer), he held on to government with a reduced, albeit workable, majority. The question is whether he can combine remaining in office with being in power.
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