Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes austerity democracy european
Syriza is what it is: a radical, left-wing party that feels the pulse of the times, knows what's at stake, and is after a wide consensus and unity for political change in Greece. This is something that departs from the narrow limits of the radical left. Alexis Tsipras changeconsensusdepart share on social
We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe. Alexis Tsipras euroeuropegreece Change image and share on social
I don't believe there are heroes or saviours in politics. Alexis Tsipras heropoliticsaviour Change image and share on social
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been. Steve Earle contagiousdemocracyobvious Change image and share on social
We feel no isolation. But, having said that, I want to emphasise in particular that we do not want to go to extremes and abandon the European and American directions in our foreign economic cooperation. Sergei Lavrov abandonamericancooperation share on social
I came from a lower-middle-class postwar family in a time of austerity and retrenchment, with no one in the family who was in any way artistic or a potential mentor to a budding writer, and yet this is what I became. Graham Swift artisticausteritybud share on social