Following its election, the Syriza government has to face a double fiscal and banking emergency, which is the consequence of the past austerity plans and of the 2012 rescue on public funds of the European banks. A real stranglehold was set up by the Troika and the previous governments, in order to prevent any alternative policy. Breaking this stranglehold is a precondition for implementing a social emergency program. The challenge lies in the choice of …

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