News agency Reuters devotes an article on SYRIZA and its leader Mr. Alexis Tsipras with the title “From Firebrand to PM in waiting – Greek leftist smells power”. Further the article attempts to outline the attitude of the main opposition party after elections.
So according to the article by Reuters Mr. Alexis Tsipras is softening his confrontational tone with Greece’s international lenders and emphasizes his recent trips to Frankfurt and Rome to meet European leaders.
At the same time the article states that SYRIZA is the most popular party in Greece, representing the many voters who feel punished by the country’s EU/IMF bailout, while also highlights how the party easily won European elections and gained the governor’s seat for Greece’s most populous region.
Further is stressed that the key to Syriza’s ascent according to party officials is a calculated effort to moderate the radical leftist rhetoric that prompted German magazine Der Spiegel to name Tsipras among the most dangerous men in Europe in 2012.
However, among others is noted that the SYRIZA party still rails against austerity measures and a bailout-driven “humanitarian crisis”.