Greece's Syriza party to form coalition govt. with nationalist ANEL
The leader of Greece’s anti-austerity Syriza party has secured the support of a small right-wing party to form a coalition government.
On Monday, the Syriza leader, Alexis Tsipras, met with his counterpart in the nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party in a bid to forge a collation government.
"From this moment, the country has a government. Independent Greeks give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras," said ANEL's leader, Panos Kammenos, after meeting Tsipras.
A source close to Syriza has confirmed the news, saying the two parties "will ally themselves to secure a majority in parliament and form a government."
Though Syriza and ANEL come from two different ideological backgrounds, both of them pursue an anti-austerity campaign.
Following the alliance, Tsipras will be sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister at 1400 GMT.
Meanwhile, Germany, as one of the main supporters of the bailout program in the eurozone, called on the new government to stick to its previous financial commitments.
"In our view it is important for the new government to take action to foster Greece's continued economic recovery," said the German government spokesman, Steffen Seibert, adding, "That also means Greece sticking to its previous commitments."
According to the Greek Interior Ministry's preliminary results released on Sunday, Syriza won 36.5 percent of Greece’s legislative elections, or 150 seats in the country’s 300-seat parliament.
Greece nearly went bankrupt in 2010. It survived, however, on international rescue packages. Athens has received 240 billion euros (USD 330 billion) in international loans in return for the enforcement of austerity measures.
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