Greek Syriza leader to EU and ECB: Pledges are made to be broken

In a leader to Draghi and the EC’s Barosso and the EU’s VanRompuy, Syriza leader Tsipras says that the pledges made by previous governments to implement austerity measures are no longer valid, local media reports.

This is exactly what the Troika was trying to prevent by getting the leaders of the main Greek parties to sign letters assuring that the bailout would be adhered to no matter who won the next election before releasing the last tranche of EU/IMF aid…

That was then. This is now.