Economics
Greek Election Triumph for Left Masks Gains for the Far Right
- Anti-immigrant Golden Dawn advances on islands taking refugees
- Result raises specter of mounting xenophobia across Europe
Greece Looks to Austerity as Tspiras Wins Mandate
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The decisive Greek election victory of Alexis Tsipras’s Coalition of the Radical Left masked an advance at the other end of the political spectrum that has implications for Europe as it confronts a refugee influx.
The anti-immigration Golden Dawn party surged in the Sept. 20 vote on Greek islands hit by a wave of asylum seekers from the war-torn Middle East. The support for the far-right group, whose insignia resembles a swastika and which is under investigation by prosecutors for links to organized crime, highlights the potential of the migrant crisis to stoke nationalist forces in Europe.