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Greek leftist leader Tsipras asks to meet Hollande
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Reuters:
The leader of Greece's Left Coalition party Alexis Tsipras, who is currently holding talks to form a coalition government, has asked to meet with French president-elect Francois Hollande, a party official said on Wednesday.
"He wants to meet Mr. Hollande," the official told Reuters. "It has been communicated."
Hollande, who campaigned on a pro-growth ticket and said he would seek to renegotiate an EU fiscal pact, beat conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday's runoff election to become the country's first Socialist president in 17 years.
Tsipras, whose party came second in Sunday's election, is pressing an anti-austerity agenda, asking the leaders of the two pro-bailout parties to renounce previous pledges to stick with the plan as a condition for collaborating.
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Comments
He's got nothing
May 9, 2012 by Jim Adams (United States ), 1 year 2 weeks ago
Points: 0
All these years of pretending to be against the status quo, and now given an opportunity to govern, and this is what you pull out of the hat? It's no rabbit Mr. Tsipras! You can't form a coalition government with Mr. Hollande because (in case you don't know it) he's French! How about you get your act together, and stop strutting like a peacock! I guess you've got nothing.
Not yet!
May 9, 2012 by Irlandos (United Kingdom ), 1 year 2 weeks ago
Points: 1
Mr Tsipras should realise he is not the Prime Minister yet, and should not be planning state visits just now.