Tsipras in Dreamland by Joschka Fischer - Project Syndicate

Tsipras in Dreamland by Joschka Fischer - Project Syndicate

Tsipras squandered Greece’s opportunity, because he and other Syriza leaders were unable to see beyond the horizon of their party’s origins in radical opposition activism. They did not understand – and did not want to understand – the difference between campaigning and governing. Realpolitik, in their view, was a sellout.