Photo Gallery Greek Voters Veer to Left
Greek communists shout slogans in front of the parliament building in Athens at a rally in November. In addition to opposing loan agreements with the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank, the Communist Party of Greece also wants to see the country exit NATO and the European Union.
Leftist political leader Alexis Tsipras has argued: "We must prevent Greece from becoming a German protectorate once again. We are not a German colony."
As a result of the euro and debt crisis, the Greek political system is in its greatest turmoil since the end of the Greek military dictatorship in 1974. The political establishment is in a state of freefall. Alexis Tsipras says he wants "Greece to remain a systemic problem for Europe."
