• but doesn’t want to disappoint the voters

Tough at the top eh?

Addressing his first cabinet meeting since being elected on Sunday Tsipras says he would negotiate with creditors over the €240bn bailout, adding that his first priority was to help those in need, and vowed to fight corruption

  • wants a balanced budget but not ” unrealistic” surplus
  • priority is for compromise with EU peers
  • govt wants discussion with everyone
  • will negotiate debt relief and easing austerity
Tsipras - let the compromise begin. and with it the politics of keeping his people happy too

Tsipras – let the compromise begin. and with it the politics of keeping his people happy too