Greece Election News

Election night in London Sun 25 Jan 8 till late Join members of the GSC, Syriza London and friends to watch the results as they come in  Andy's Taverna, 81 Bayham Street,  Camden, London NW1 0AG  Space limited. Please email for a place mike.davis51@btinternet.com How to deal with Greece's debt   Jubilee Debt Campaign have put together a briefing on six key facts about Greece’s debtahead of the election on Sunday. These include Syriza's proposals to hold a European debt conference and the fact that the way the world has dealt with debt crisis is now working. Some of the figures in the briefing, in particular that 90% of the bailout loans has gone to banks rather than being used in public spending, are used in Heather Stewart’s article in The Observer yesterday A new idea steals across Europe – should Greece’s debt be forgiven? Syriza debt talks motion gets Irish deputy PM approval    Ireland's deputy prime minister says she saw some merit in SYRIZA's proposals for an international conference to renegotiate debts of Greece and other EU states. Read more.  SYRIZA win is a compass for Europe   Alexis Tsipras writes in El Pais, the Spanish press. Read a translation of the article here.  #AskTsipras Twitter interview tops trends worldwide Read more.  Rubber gloves rebellion reaches the Beeb  BBC article and podcast  on the the 18 months strong cleaners campaign in Greece that has come a symbol the anti austerity movement.  Reminder - Greece post election meeting  To ensure your place book now! Wednesday 28 January 6.30pm TUC Great Russell Street Greek election news in English  The Greek progressive Greek radio station is providing online coverage of the situation in Greece in English. A great source of further news and views. See here.

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