Sunday, September 13, 2015

Syriza hails Jeremy Corbyn's Labour win as 'message of hope'


First entry: 13 September 2015 - 08:41 Athens, 05:41 GMT
Last update: 08:41 Athens, 05:41 GMTPolitics
Syriza hails Jeremy Corbyn's Labour win as 'message of hope'
Greece's radical leftwing Syriza party on Saturday welcomed the election of Jeremy Corbyn as head of Britain's opposition Labour as a "message of hope".
Headed by former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, the party said Corbyn's election was a key step which would "considerably" bolster Europe's anti-austerity front.
"Corbyn's election as a leader of the Labour party, as a result of the mobilisation of thousands of new members and his dedication to the need of the containment of the neoliberal politics, is reinforcing considerably the pan-European front against austerity and is sending a message of hope to the European people," the party said.

Corbyn, who on Saturday won a landslide victory in the race for the party's leadership, is steadfastly opposed to the austerity programme of British Prime Minister David Cameron.

The shock victory means the 66-year-old socialist now becomes Britain's most leftwing political leader in over 30 years, although his election is likely to exacerbate sharp divisions within the party.

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