Ireland can really learn a lot from Greece
His party, far left Syriza, was elected on the back of the savage austerity programme that Greece has had to endure for over five years. His commitment to his voting constituency was that he would force his creditors - the EU, ECB and IMF- to seriously mitigate the impact of the austerity the Greek people have had to endure.
At the time, parties of the left right across Europe, including in Ireland, cheered on Tsipras and Syriza. They wished them success in their efforts in the hope that finally the austerity solutions taken by mainstream European governments would be proven wrong when the powerful financial forces of Europe were forced to back down in the face of a Greek revolt.
