It's clear that all the bluff and bluster coming from Syriza leaders about not accepting anymore austerity policies was just that. They are clearly not duping their opponents in the “troika” (the European Central Bank, the European Union, and the International Monetary Fund) who are playing hardball. The latter will give Syriza leaders just enough crumbs so that the latter can pretend to go back to their constituents and proclaim some kind of victory. Whether the Greeks will be duped into accepting such crumbs is a major question. They desperately need relief, but will they accept such token forms of relief?
...when it took power, on January 25th. ...there was talk of liberating not just Greece but the entire continent from the grip of austerity policies. After Friday’s deal was announced, some Greek journalists warned that Varoufakis and Tsipras would have a tough time selling the deal to the party’s radical elements, which have been out on the streets protesting the perfidy of Germany, Brussels, and the E.C.B.
