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Wouldn't projecting Syriza as more leftist than they really are, be good marketing for them among Greeks?
by lumberjack 12y ago
Wouldn't projecting Syriza as more leftist than they really are, be good marketing for them among Greeks?
- _delirium 12y agoAt the moment, probably yes: the most effective attack on them in Greek media of the past month or so, which has reduced their popularity, is to portray them as "same boss, new suit (but no tie)". A big joke in particular has been over Varoufakis's use of the term "the institutions" as a substitute for the now-banned "troika". Part of Syriza's election platform was that Greek domestic policy would no longer be controlled by memoranda with "the troika" (IMF, EU, ECB). But now they talk about reaching agreements with "the institutions", who happen to be the exact same three institutions. So the wording change is widely seen as a bit of a farce.
- return0 12y agoVaroufakis is quite rightwing compared to his other 'comrades' who still live in the cold war.