With the Syriza party winning a majority in the Greek elections it is interesting to extrapolate what impact they will have on the United Kingdom's renegotiation with the EU.
One of the most urgent issues in Greece is immigration - Syriza must address the problem.
The Syriza policy is to renegotiate the whole of the EU's asylum policy (see Alexis Tsipras interviewed by Yiannis Baboulias and Daniel Trilling 19th March 2013 http://www.newstatesman.com/austerity-and-its-discontents/2013/03/more-and-more-people-realise-austerity-not-viable-there-no-oth ).
That provides an opportunity for the United Kingdom to renegotiate the issue of free movement within the EU.
And if Syriza fails to solve the problem of immigration they will be out, and a different sort of radical party will presumably take their place.
One of the most urgent issues in Greece is immigration - Syriza must address the problem.
The Syriza policy is to renegotiate the whole of the EU's asylum policy (see Alexis Tsipras interviewed by Yiannis Baboulias and Daniel Trilling 19th March 2013 http://www.newstatesman.com/austerity-and-its-discontents/2013/03/more-and-more-people-realise-austerity-not-viable-there-no-oth ).
That provides an opportunity for the United Kingdom to renegotiate the issue of free movement within the EU.
And if Syriza fails to solve the problem of immigration they will be out, and a different sort of radical party will presumably take their place.
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