Greece is particularly vulnerable to pressure from external, EU elites. Instead of preventing a Syriza government through threats as they did in the Greek election of 2012 (when German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble called Syriza demagogues and French president François Hollande warned Greeks that other countries would want to end the presence of Greece in the Eurozone if the party won), many within Syriza expect their European adversaries to play a more patient game in 2015. They won’t do us the favour to openly oppose us. This time, if they are hostile it would be a good thing for us, says Andreas Karitzis, a member of Syriza’s central committee. European elites might instead choose to let Syriza come to power and then make it fail, either toppling the left government project as soon as possible with maximum pressure or attempting to corrupt the party. The latter would ensure the continuation of the austerity agenda, but also prevent leftists and movements across Europe from rallying behind Syriza and Greece.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:59:49 +0000
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