Syriza Greece
Checking in on SYRIZA: Greece’s fractured, formless Left
Written By: Alexandros
No single political party better characterizes the political turmoil following the financial crisis than SYRIZA. The self-described “Coalition of the Radical Left” was elected essentially as an anti-austerity group. In the mid-2010s, Greece’s two dominant political parties, Nea Dimokratia and PASOK, were both rejected due to their willingness to continue to subject the Greek people to the harsh austerity measures that facilitated the destruction of the Greek economy during the financial crisis.