The defeat of the Greek government coalition in today's final vote for the election of the President of the Republic leads the country to snap elections in 25 January.
This is a defeat of the extreme austerity policies imposed on the Greek people by the troika, in accordance with the authoritarian governance of Samaras's government.

The road of hope is now open, not only for Greece, but for Europe as a whole. With a decisive mandate given to SYRIZA through popular verdict, a government of the Left in Greece can put an halt to the memorandum regime and trigger progressive developments all over Europe.

The European Left and its allies commit all their forces in a dynamic European campaign of solidarity and political support to the Greek people and SYRIZA.
The eyes and hopes of all the peoples of Europe are now on Greece.

Yiannis Bournous
29.12.2014