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Brussels Shaken as New Greek Leader Challenges Europe’s Austerity Drive


Brussels Shaken as New Greek Leader Challenges Europe’s Austerity Drive
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Greece’s youngest-ever prime minister, 40-year-old Alexis Tsipras, was sworn in Monday after his victorious far-left Syriza party entered a coalition with far right rivals. Tsipras says he will restore dignity to Greece by ending spending cuts. So begins a new chapter for the country at the epicenter of Europe’s economic crisis - a change that has sent tremors across the continent, as Henry Ridgwell reports from London.

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