In Greece the twists and turns never end. On the same day in which he collected Europe's new aid package for 86 billion, Greek premier Alexis Tsipras decided to raise the stakes, challenging Syzira's internal left and resigning live on TV. Thus he will go to the early elections which will be held in a few weeks, probably on 20 September.
Tsipras had lost his majority in Parliament but did not want to try new political alliances, preferring early voting. "Now I want a strong mandate" said Tsipras who admitted that "not all the promised objectives have been achieved but the agreement with the European Union is the best possible compromise”.
The new recovery plan for Greece, made up of 35 reforms including privatizations, will be the electoral platform with which Tsipras will present himself to the vote in September with the aim of strengthening his majority which had crumbled a few days ago in Parliament for the rift of Syzira.
Tsipras' is a bold bet but also a calculated risk. For him, this is the best moment to go to the vote, even if the outcome of the popular consultation remains uncertain. It is no coincidence that there are those who fear that Athens will return to the case and yesterday the Greek stock market lost 3,5%.
The whole of Europe is watching the vote in Athens for at least two good reasons. Firstly, Athens' creditors want to understand whether the new government that will emerge from the September elections will be able to keep its promises and implement the agreed reforms for the recovery and recovery of Greece.
But the Greek elections are of interest to many European countries also to understand whether the contagion of Syzira's maximalism in the first place is definitively destined or not to succumb to a more realistic reformism model of Tsipras 2. Those looking to the vote in Athens are above all Spain, which will vote in the autumn where the strength of the left-wing group Podemos will be tested on a national level which, after the surge in the spring administrative elections, in recent weeks has seemed to be in difficulty in the face of the recovery of Prime Minister Rajoy who relies on the marked improvement in the Spanish economy.
In a certain sense, the Greek vote is also a test for Italy where the clash between the reform policy of the Renzi government and the populism of Grillo, the Pd minority and Salvini is daily bread.
