Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza Party has regained control in nation struggling to implement his bailout | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

A “vindicated” Alexis Tsipras hailed what he called a “clear victory” for his left-wing Syriza party in the Greek parliamentary elections in front of crowds of jubilant supporters in Athens on Monday, adding that his party now had a “crystal clear mandate” to lead a government against “vulgarity and corruption,” Greek news agency Ekathimerini reports. The…

The morning after Syriza’s storming election victory, there was mixed reaction on the streets of Athens to what Greek newspapers say is a second chance for Alexis Tsipras to see through reforms and implement a third bailout with lenders. “I am happy that Tsipras was elected but he needs to work,” said local resident Kostas Tabaris.…