Financial Times correspondent in Athens Karin Hope in an article co-signed by John Thornhill writes: ” “As you would expect from the leader of the radical left in Greece Mr. Alexis Tsipras he has much to say about the economic policy of the euro zone: the demand is very weak, fiscal discipline is very strict, the repayment of debt is still very high and therefore the development is elusive – if not non-existent”.

The report of the Financial Times has the title ” Alexis Tsipras casts himself as Greece’s prime minister in waiting”, while writes about him that ” unlike most populist politicians that have sprung up in Europe after the financial crisis, Mr. Tsipras claims to be a pro-European and wants Greece to remain in the euro “. Further, “Mr Tsipras declared goal is to reshape the EU rather than tear the EU apart and that is the message he is trying to get across abroad” .

For the need for a new European deal speaks the SYRIZA leader in his interview with the Financial Times, while highlights that ” The crisis does not concern only Greece or Ireland or Portugal. It is a structural crisis of the European Union”.