Panagiotarea, Eleni, (2015), “Greek Elections 2015: Quo Vadis, Alexis?”, Heinrich Boll Stiftung publications, 23 September
There is no doubt about it: Tsipras proved a real master of the political game. His gamble paid off. In fact, whether by accident or by design, he won more than he staked: a clear victory, following Syriza’s spectacular policy U-turn on ending austerity; a clear mandate to proceed with the implementation of the third bailout programme; the failure of the far-left, anti-memorandum Syriza rebels, who formed Popular Unity, to gain representation in parliament;
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- Jurado, Ignacio, Konstantinidis, Nikitas, Walter, Stefanie, (2015), “Why Greeks voted the way they did in the bailout referendum”, LSE blog, 20 July
- Ruparel, Raoul, (2015), “Tsipras consolidates power in Greek election”, Open Europe blog, 20 September