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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i almost missed this! you live there too?
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yep I live there. I was in the netherlands for 4 years but I returned to greece in 2014.
My first impression when I returned was that the 4-5 years of extreme austerity have almost destroyed the fabric of the country, so to speak.
Syriza is not 'radical leftists'. Perhaps they are radical in the current neoliberal lean-and-mean atmosphere of zero-hours contracts, reduction of the welfare state and concentration camps for the immigrants. Their politics is just social-democratic.
ANEL are populists and quite ridiculous.
if the new government gives 'naturalisation rights' to the 2nd generation of immigrants (that's what they say they will do) it will be a major positive development for thousands of young people here. So far the laws regarding that are totally absurd.
What will happen next remains to be seen.