exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre right government, ousting the leftist syriza party, in a snap election. jubilation for the united states, who have won the women's world cup with a 2—0 victory against the netherlands in france. skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large—scale protest against china's increasing control over the territory, the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — is declared a unesco world heritage site. at half past eight, the travel show dresses up and heads to dublin to join the competitors taking part in the 2019 irish cosplay championship. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the foreign office has begun an investigation, into who leaked emails from britain's ambassador to washington, which described the trump administration as being "inept" and "uniquely dysfunctional". in the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch, says, despite his shortcomings, president trump shouldn't be written off. here's our washington correspon

let's bring in our panel in athens via skype demetrius he's a political advisor to their syriza party in london vicky pryce she is a chief economic advisor at the center for economics and business research and also in athens a european affairs analyst yes simitis welcome to you all i'd like to begin with demetrius repeated. your party said or did rather what it said it wasn't going to do and now it's going to be punished and the the general election is that right. well it seems that. on from so far what we have from the polls is that new democracy is ahead on the poll should seems that it's a bit of a difficult fight political struggle for syriza. it's soon to be to have some final results but it seems that the situation is is difficult for for the party and it follows the the defeat we had 6. 3 weeks ago when the european union elections so what's happening here is that you have a electorates that's unhappy with the policies that your government put in place policies that you said you were never going to do and then you did. so what's the next or what what happens next verse or it's

let's bring in our panel in athens via skype demetrius he's a political advisor to their syriza party in london vicky pryce she is a chief economic advisor at the center for economics and business research and also in athens a european affairs analyst yes simitis welcome to you all i'd like to begin with demetrius repeated. your party said or did rather what it said it wasn't going to do and now it's going to be punished and the the general election is that right. well it seems that. on from so far what we have from the polls is that new democracy is ahead on the poll should seems that it's a bit of a difficult fight political struggle for syriza. it's soon to be to have some final results but it seems that the situation is is difficult for for the party and it follows the the defeat we had 6. 3 weeks ago when the european union elections so what's happening here is that you have a electorates that's unhappy with the policies that your government put in place policies that you said you were never going to do and then you did. so what's the next or what what happens next verse or it's

exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre right government, ousting the leftist syriza partythousands of workers are based here in the uk. and at the women's world cup, the united states prove too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title in france. good evening. the foreign office has begun an investigation into who leaked emails from britain's ambassador to washington, which described the trump administration as being "inept" and "uniquely dysfunctional." in the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch says despite his shortcomings, president trump shouldn't be written off. here's our washington correspondent, nick bryant. "inept, insecure, incompetent. " in secret cables obtained by the mail on sunday, britain's top diplomat in washington, sir kim darroch, used the most undiplomatic of language to describe the chaos of the trump white house and the personality flaws of the president himself. he spoke of donald trump radiating insecurity and delivered a withering assessment of an administration that was uniquely dysfunctional. in one of the messages si

let's bring in our panel in athens via skype demetrius he's a political advisor to their syriza partyn london vicky pryce she is a chief economic advisor at the center for economics and business research and also in athens a european affairs analyst yes simitis welcome to you all i'd like to begin with demetrius repeated. your party said or did rather what it said it wasn't going to do and now it's going to be punished and the the general election is that right. well it seems that. on from so far what we have from the polls is that our new democracy is ahead on the poll should seems that it's a bit of it a difficult fight political struggle for syriza. it's soon to be to have some final results but it seems that the situation is is difficult for for the party and it follows the the defeat we had 6. 3 weeks ago when the european union elections so what's happening here is that you have a electorates that's unhappy with the policies that your government put in place policies that you said you were never going to do and then you did. so what's the next or what what happens next verse or

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people are in no mood to celebrate the greek elections are just around the corner and the leftist syriza party is writing for every vote poll suggests their time could be up soon as the supporters here in athens still believe in the ruling party's values they buy from the you that is the series stands for more democracy equality and solidarity and that i only eat a lot of federal prosecutors look there's a pretty serious a represents renewal and change in the culture of the creation of better economic conditions. because what i think you get my 9 is what again for me it's safety calmness and assurance in my life with mistakes and other things but at safety. and i think almost in this fight the people here behind me still believe in the leftists sure it's a party but the party has been losing support and many here in greece have decided to join another political camp. i think and he is one of them pension year and former math teacher younis the most. in 2015 when greece was in the middle of a financial crisis he believed series i would be able to create a better future for him and his family. n

projection that shows a thumping majority for a new democracy, close to 40% for that party and just over 31% for syrizalexis tsipras who has now been swept from power it seems bya now been swept from power it seems by a return of the political pendulum away from the leftist populism that alexis tsipras came to power with in 2015. it has swung back to the political establishment, mainstream, new democracy, this party was seen in 2015 as the corrupt old guard here that greece wa nted corrupt old guard here that greece wanted a change and wanted to try alexis tsipras who promised to tear oui’ alexis tsipras who promised to tear our posterity and tear up the bailout and project budget cuts. in the end he was forced into a humiliating u—turn, a third bailout, yet more budget cuts and he has paid the price for that. he has now run kerry because it's your tap to congratulate him and he will be sworn in in athens tomorrow. the other thing interesting will be whether the smaller parties get enough of a threshold to make it into parliament and actually exert any influence on policy. it seems this will be a sex p

conservative new democracy party has won with 40 percent off the 1st victory ends the left wing syriza party is for you in that it's. watching. from villain coming up next fall story is the speak it reports i've seen one and still watch. earth. move home to moons of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps but global warming tears tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. like music concert the closer to screen image certain shows and be forced into. interactive content teaching the next generation doesn't wanna talk to chuck schumer. losing all channels available to people to take action and more determined to build something here for the next generation of. the environment series of global $3000.00 on t.w. and online. this week on world stories. protests against moscow's waste. homosexuality in the us and the stonewall riots but we begin on the greek island of saw most conditions in the refugee camp there are catastrophic many locals don't like the refugees but some greek citizens are there to help. every day

exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre—right government, ousting the leftist syriza partya snap election. at the women's world cup, the united states prove too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title, in france. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist tony grew and entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph says that career of the uk ambassador to the us is now in the balance over leaked memos branding the us president "inept". the times claims that borisjohnson is heading for a showdown with tory mps as they plot to stop him delivering a no—deal brexit if he wins the leadership race. the mirror leads with figures that show holiday prices are up to 81% higher during school breaks. the ft covers the news that deutsche bank will cut 18,000 jobs as part of a radical overhaul. the guardian reports that hospitals are having to cancel operations because consultant doctors have begun working to rule in a stand—o

it says opinion polls are putting the centre—right opposition well ahead of the governing syriza partyindia's business standard is, unsurprisingly, focused on the country's new budget being unveiled today. it says prime minister modi is to unveil an indian agenda which is billed as being a departure from traditional anglo—saxon thinking. the financial times, like many of the british papers today, puts the announced closure of 700 high street betting shops on its front page. it's a result of a government move against high stakes automatic betting machines. then, across the water in ireland, the irish times covers the accusations in parliament over the climate emergency bill. the draft law was intended to ban new oil and gas development — but the government has said the country can't afford it. and, finally, inc magazine is looking at amazon's 25th anniversary. it takes us back in time to 1994 when, it reminds us, less than half of 1% of the world's population had access to the internet and the first spam e—mails had only been sent one month before. perhaps alleged to that website on an

stations the left wing syriza parties for your role in athens is over time minister that's a centrist was forced to call the elections 3 months after his party suffered heavy losses in may observe as a say voters have punished the outgoing government for growing poverty and years of rising unemployment. for all that result joined by our correspondent. in athens the exit polls are suggesting the center right is right on course to clinch this elections. that's right they are predicting that the near democrat new democracy party comes out 1st and that is important in greek elections because it will give you a surplus of 50 seats according to polls which were conducted by privates television stations and that would mean that $155.00 seats would go to the center right conservative party that is a 4 seats more than they would actually need to gain the outright majority in parliament so it is likely that mitch attack is set to become the new prime minister without forming a coalition government thing as things stand right now he is set to have the absolute majority in the house of fall human

according to official results with more than half of the ballots counted governing the left wing syriza party cost $31.00 and a half percent bringing its full you know role in athens to an end the election was called 3 months after the next suffered heavy losses in may's european elections observers say versus have punished the government for growing poverty and he is of rising unemployment. all right and for more on that we're joined by a harness on didn't see is in f. is good to see you gail so the incoming prime minister. has he spoken to people his address to the television suppose he's also spoken at the party's headquarters what he said. i want to talk is was rather careful not to make too many promises of course he's happy his party's extremely happy that they came back to power but he also spoke of the mistakes that will be made preparing people that it will not be all roses from from tomorrow on roads and that the hard road is to come it was also quite interesting that he dressed the dramatic brain drain that agrees and suffered in the the policy couple of years that ever since the c

exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre—right government, ousting the leftist syriza partylection. at the women's world cup, the united states prove too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title in france. skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong after another large—scale protest against china's increasing control over the territory. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. champions of the world again — the united states win the women's world cup for a record fourth time. more agony for england's women as they're bowled out for 75 as australia close in on retaining the ashes. and gaining time on his rivals. geraint thomas finishes second with team ineos in stage 2's team time trial. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. they were the favourites all along and they managed to deliver. the united states have won the women's world cup for a record—extending fourth time. they secured their first ever back—to—titles after beating the european cha

win sunday's election despite trailing in the polls to the conservative opposition his left wing syriza party has led to the country 2 years of austerity those are the headlines the news continues here to witness stay with us. i asked jamal for the french translation of the title of my film. africa is correct here a prize. is an exercise. that relates to childhood. initially it's empty and then you feel. yes jim all right feel instead of film. i came across the exercise book in january 2008. in a dusty back yard in bangui the capital of the central african republic. it contains id photos of women children and men as well as records of what congolese mercenaries had done to them in 2000. the good cause created in the aftermath of these crimes. when the victims refused to remain silent they turned to each other and decided to testify. and put together evidence of the brutality they had suffered. since then this book has never let me go. looking they should be here now cuba and. she said they would. not follow what the effective for the. day adela look well as i. it would mean a he said can sure

we heard from mark lowen earlier, the win of the conservative new democracy party is widely seen as a punishment for syriza'sfact that the party forced through austerity measures despite saying it would resist demands by the european union and international monetary fund to do say. it was a precondition for a total of $360 billion worth of bailouts. with me now isjonathan charles, director of communications for the european bank for reconstruction and development. jonathan, we were talking earlier, won't we? there may be a change of government for greece, but the economic problems still remain. very good to see you, there is no doubt that this new government will have a tough time ahead. it wants to make changes to the economy, it is talking about cutting taxes. you got to remember that greece is coming out of this crisis with 183% accumulated debt, so it really has very little room to manoeuvre. it is still subject to oversight from the european union, and that's going to make it very hard. yes, they may be able to do some things around the fringes, but they are going to have to first of all probably prior

democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing syriza party the far right golden dawn was knocked out of parliament johnson is in athens. new democracy leader good yeah cause me to thank yous has been sworn in as prime minister and is expected to announce his cabinet later on monday they will be sworn in on tuesday the 1st cabinet meeting is to be held on wednesday. early next week which i thank you says to announce how he will govern the program of policies he will follow and when he will enact them and later on next week on the 17th of july parliament convenes for its 1st summit plenary session and that summer will be full of plenary sessions we're told there will be no such as division for parliament which is the usual course of events for july and august he took his wants his administration to move fast he has promised legislation off the bat particularly to combat crime to get tough on crime to allow police back onto university campuses to enact the tax cuts that he's promised and also to that certain administrative reforms that he believ

just under 40 percent of the vote with almost all the ballots counted the governing left wing syriza party led by alexis tse press got 31.5 percent bringing its 4 year rule to an end. police in hong kong have used batons to disperse demonstrators at the end of a largely peaceful demonstration against a controversy.

years ago prime minister alexis tsipras has been holding his final rally in athens his left wing syriza party led the country 2 years over the starrett sea but opinion polls suggest the conservative new democracy party is on course for a comeback after defeating syriza in the european parliament elections johnson office reports live from athens. comes from one of greece's 3 big political dynasties but to give yeah cause me to use is an outsider to the conservative new democracy party his election to its leadership by the party base in 2016 was unexpected and many in the party disagree with his promises to streamline state bureaucracy and partially privatizing social security health and education but these promises helped me to thank yous when a 10 point lead over the governing left wing syriza in the european parliament elections 6 weeks ago. i have kept my promise to reach an honest deal that will bring growth. i traveled every corner of the country twice listening to everyone farmers students the unemployed but i also heard that a new day dawned on our country the question is whether me to

to celebrate a single time for the greek elections are just around the corner and the leftist syriza party is striving for every vote polls suggest their time could be up with sores their supporters here in athens still believe that the ruling party is going to use a bunch of argue that it's a bit serious stands for more democracy equality and solidarity and. make or answerable look there's a previous series of represents renewal and change in the country that the creation of better economic conditions. because most of the quota young men 9 is for me it's safety calmness and assurance in my life with mistakes and other things but at safety. thank you almost the people here behind me still believe in the left is sure it's a party but the party has been losing support and many here in greece have decided to join another political camp. and he is one of them pension year and former math teacher young he's the most. in 2015 when. reese was in the middle of a financial crisis he believed series i would be able to create a cure for him and his family. now 4 years later he says he has had enough.

perjury actions were opposed to the syriza party will do again 20 percent of the vote. but to stoop that 30 percent will won't and if we count this was a socialist party which in the 2090 war led by prime minister george papandreou what's this point of time here governor about 40 percent of the overall . 2 parties which are supposedly progressive we retain a 40 percent of the vote. so actually to see in victory for and to democracy and for really better olympics in greece. and what about alexis tsipras his legacy off through all this that he did try to build bridges with brussels for positive could be taken from his 4 years in charge. i don't see anything about. ready he actually signed that. he betrayed. them or of the movements in greece. he's actually sexual standing for anything. and everything about you stupid or for invade 2014 election. could destroy the left in greece if the show didn't but it's progressive and now the group of old is like someone who served with foreign security in this in this state is and. what they believe it's whether they vote for a so-call

just under 40 percent of the vote with almost all the ballots counted the governing left wing syriza party led by alexis c. pres 31.5 percent bernie its 4 year rule to an end. police in hong kong have used batons to disperse demonstrators at the end of a largely peaceful demonstration.

voting in a general election today which is expected to see prime minister alexis and his left wing syriza party he may pay the price for failing to oppose eu—imposed austerity measures — which have seen the greek economy struggling and high levels of unemployment. from athens, mark lowen reports. a eulogy for his end. alexis tsipras arriving to vote, knowing his time in office is wilting. greece's prime minister, forced into a snap could sweep him from power after the populist, left—wing tide had brought him in four years ago. he put on a brave face, calling it a crucial battle that we fight with optimism and determination until the last minute, so the sacrifices of the people don't get lost. but his opponent is smiling. kyriakos mitsotakis of the centre—right new democracy far ahead in the polls and pledging a new era as greece emerges from its bailouts. he's promised morejobs, privatisation and tax cuts, taking the country back to the political mainstream after its populist experiment. translation: today, greeks take the fate of the country into their hands and i am sure that tomorrow a bette

as mark lowen reports from athens, mr tsipras's leftist syriza party seems to to have paid the pricegreece's centre—right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. and, as the populist, left—wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. well, first of all, i asked for a strong mandate to change the country, and the greek people delivered. i'm very, very grateful for the result. we won an outright majority, which was our main target. alexis tsipras put on a brave face as he voted earlier, but it was almost a eulogy. he lost many supporters after his humiliating u—turn from 2015, when he pledged to rip up the bailout and budget cuts, but instead accepted a third rescue programme, in return for more austerity, becoming the brussels establishment he had fought against. the rhetoric has been relentlessly anti—european, and misleading in many ways. so i'm very, very happy. this is a victory for pro—european political fo

attract investment and create more jobs but so talk us replaces alexis tsipras of the left wing syriza party. reaching around an island just off the coast of africa. studios darrius runs the boat with his father he's the 3rd generation of his family to make his living on the water. today he's taken his friend your boss kept us along for company and on the nursing home. we cut a lot of people on the sea but jobs was fishing or on the shia now nobody at my age or a little bit more bigoted they don't stay as not very good because we have islands that a lot of tourists come to see our islands and what in 10 years nobody would be on the fishing what they when they come to see. stimulus hopes tourism will save his family's business around $30000.00 small fishermen like him are fighting for survival in the face of declining stocks and hard economic times his friend your goals once the new government to deliver change quickly after years of tax increases and cuts in public spending. i think that the tax payments. are not fair with us it's more fair to the rich people than to to meet the or to the lo

exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre—right government, ousting the leftist syriza partyction. the women's world cup, the united states proved too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title in france. skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong after another large—scale protest against a china's increasing control over the territory. and now i'm bbc news, it is time for the travel show. coming up on this week's programme: i am dressing up in dublin as cosplay marks its 35th birthday. ade heads to dubai to explore a record breaker, in full bloom. this place is like the chelsea flower show on steroids. and lucy puts a cardboard kayak to the test in this month's global gadgets. this is pretty sturdy. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from dublin, capital city of ireland, home to guinness, u2, and, for one weekend only, costumes like this. it's comic con, ireland. and a big feature is cosplay. this year marks 35 years since the term was first coined in this article by japanese journalist

greeks go to the polls on sunday — barely a month after the ruling, left—wing syriza party suffered a at the hands of opposition conservatives — new democracy. prime minister alexis tsipras reacted by calling a snap election — the sixth since the global financial crisis 11 years ago. from athens, mark lowen reports. politics burns in the greek soul, from the discussions that used to be held here at the ancient agoura to the divisions of today. the election is between the leftist, who says he has led greece out of the financial crisis to the centre—right new democracy whose leader has promised a new era of the critics say his party is partly to blame progresses age—old problems. it will read to the ballot box and beyond. we brought together voters from across the political divide here, how is a financial crisis affected all of you? because of the low salaries, many of my friends from my own experience have left the country. this is why we need investment, we need taxation cuts as the leader of new democracy mentioned and we need to move on, to do something that will have an impact. my

mr tsipras‘s syriza party, seems to to have paid the price, for failing to oppose austerity measureseu, in return for financial bailouts. our correspondent, mark lowen reports from athens. a victory cry for a change of guard greece's centre—right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. and, as the populist, left—wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. well, first of all, i asked for a strong mandate to change the country, and the greek people delivered. i'm very, very grateful for the result. we won an outright majority, which was our main target. alexis tsipras put on a brave face as he voted earlier, but it was almost a eulogy. he lost many supporters after his humiliating u—turn from 2015, when he pledged to rip up the bailout and budget cuts, but instead accepted a third rescue programme, in return for more austerity, becoming the brussels establishment he had fought against. the rhetoric has been rele

parties in the parliament the economy is already the the main subject in this election because the syriza party promised in 2015 to fight the sterett the and to have the economy grow again but the the higher burden of taxation that has come upon the middle class especially the middle class has turned people from this kind of this part of the society against syriza and they're now in favor of voting for the opposition sent the right body so it's the economy again but this time not about anger but about hope which of the 2 main parties is better suited to have the economy grow again and have a new jobs being created. there is growing concern of the safety of african migrants and refugees being held in the libyan city of tripoli more than 10000 migrants who try to cross the mediterranean in the past year have been forcibly returned to detention centers inside was all and after the e.u. set up plans for some asylum requests to be processed on african soil many of those were sent to camps inside libya despite authorities being accused of severe human rights abuses an estimated $6000.00 people are be

mr mitsotakis replaces alexis tsipras, leader of the left—wing syriza party.ered. i‘m very, very grateful for the the greek people delivered. i‘m very, very gratefulfor the result. we won an outright majority which was our main target. we almost reached a0% which is an incredible number, given the context of our political landscape. i feel i number, given the context of our political landscape. ifeel i have number, given the context of our political landscape. i feel i have a strong mandate to deliver on my agenda which is an agenda to grow the economy, to create more jobs agenda which is an agenda to grow the economy, to create morejobs but also to make sure the greek people feel safe again. malta has said that all 65 migrants on board a german—flagged rescue ship will be allowed onto the island. the vessel, alan kurdi, arrived off malta‘s coast after it was denied access to italian ports. the maltese prime minister said that following discussions with the european commission all of the rescued migrants would be relocated to other eu member states. a south af

predicting that he'll lose sunday's election alexis tsipras poll after his left wing austerity syriza party was heavily defeated in the european parliamentary elections in may the conservative new democracy party is predicted to replace the reserve to 4 and a half years in power. well hundreds of firefighters are tackling wildfires on the greek island of if your 4 villages have already been evacuated the world wildlife fund says rising global temperatures mean the fires of the future will be even more powerful and even harder to tackle more than 1400 wildfires have been reported in europe so far this year australian surgeons have use nerve transfers to restore movement to the arms and hands of 13 quadriplegic patients the procedure involves connecting live working nerves to muscles which are attached to dead nerves a study of the surgeries has been published in the lancet medical journal it says the patients are now able to feed themselves hold a drink brush their teeth and right now the lead author of the study is plastic surgeon natasha van zyl from austin health in melbourne she explains

democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing syriza party the far right golden dawn was knocked out of the parliament. the parents of an ethiopian israeli teenager shot and killed by an off duty policeman according to a widespread police reforms solomon tech has death in haifa last sunday but protests across other israeli cities. unicef says it's concerned about the growing number of children killed in the russian backed syrian government offensive in it lib and hama provinces $100.00 of the $500.00 plus civilians killed since the assault began in late april were children the u.n. special envoy to syria says he hopes cooperation between turkey and russia will stabilize the crisis so far that has not happened and seem to hold the reports now from beirut. it seems planes never leave the skies over rebel held northwest syria. a war. all. air strikes have been relentless. oh bother it's day 70 of the russian backed syrian government offensive the southern countryside of it the province and the northern countryside of hama province are battlegrou

just under 40 percent of the vote with almost all the ballots counted the governing left wing syriza party led by alexis tse press got 31.5 percent bringing its 4 year rule to an end. police in hong kong have used batons to disperse demonstrators at the end of a largely peaceful demonstration against a controversial.

democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing syriza party the far right golden dawn lost all 18 of its seats in the parliament. the un is concerned about a growing number of children being killed in rebel held areas of syria it live and how much provinces are being bombarded for a 3rd month of syrian government airstrikes backed by russian warplanes human rights groups say at least $500.00 civilians have been killed including children. iran has now surpassed the uranium enrichment cap set under the 2050 nuclear deal the foreign ministry in tehran threatening further steps in 60 days the us president donald trump is considering more sanctions he says tehran will never produce a nuclear weapon amnesty international is urging the united nations to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines the human rights group says extrajudicial killings are still going on 3 years after president roderigo to turkey launched his crackdown the police in haiti have opened fire on mourners on protesters at the funeral of a journalist shot dead last

he called the election after his party — syriza — suffered a defeat in the european elections in may.ancial crisis in 2008. voting ends at around 5 o‘clock this evening. live to our correspondent mark lowen in athens. why has syriza, the governing party, following out of favour? broadly, because alexis tsipras had to perform an act of political acrobatics. he had to make a u—turn on everything he promised that swept into power in 2015. he came to power ona into power in 2015. he came to power on a wave of populist anti—austerity feeling promised to end all those biting austerity measures that have led to a 40% measure cut measured in pensions and salaries. he was forced into a humiliating climb—down. gris‘s credit in europe forced him to a cce pt gris‘s credit in europe forced him to accept all the things he had promised which is why he has lost a huge proportion of his original support base and he is facing the prospect of being swept from power by kyriakos mitsotakis‘s party, a huge political dynasty. his own father was prime minister and his sister was foreign minister, his nephew