8 May 2012 Last updated at 15:51
The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc has said he will try to form a coalition based on tearing up the terms of the EU/IMF bailout deal.
Alexis Tsipras, whose bloc came second in Sunday's vote, said Greek voters had "clearly nullified the loan agreement".
He has three days to reach a coalition deal and has told the two major parties to end their support for the austerity terms if they want to take part.
French and Italian voters also rejected austerity candidates in Sunday polls.
On Monday, centre-right New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras abandoned attempts to form a coalition.
France's socialist President-elect, Francois Hollande, said in his victory speech that he would seek an alternative to austerity.
And results from local elections in Italy indicate a marked swing away from mainstream parties. An anti-euro protest movement led by comedian Beppe Grillo made significant inroads in Parma and Genoa.
In Greece, both New Democracy and former coalition partners Pasok, the traditional parties of power, saw their support drain away in favour of radical parties on the left and right.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17986065
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fucking greedy greek bastards should have payed taxes and stopped living like kings in there own little world , then maybe the greedy cunts wouldn't have had to be bailed out.
STOP BLAMING THE GERMANS YOU SWEATY GREEK CUNTS , BLAME YOUR OWN GREED!
Posted May-8-2012 Bymancs (57.90) 
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@mancs Correct, we need them out ASAP
Posted May-8-2012 ByElegantDecline (2131.88) 
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@mancs Yes....... well said..
Posted May-8-2012 Byp8urbyk5 (590.74) 
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@ElegantDecline ....as in now?
Posted May-8-2012 Byp8urbyk5 (590.74) 
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@mancs minus one from me .... Just to match your iq
Posted May-10-2012 Byfunfff (99.96) 
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People that complain about the US' 2 party system just need to take a look at what a clusterf*ck this approach is.
Posted May-8-2012 Byskiman (123.70) 
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@skiman
Was thinking the same thing.
Posted May-8-2012 Bywharris (2246.52) 
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@skiman Fucked up Greece isn't a good example for how multi party systems work. We have more than 2 parties and it has always worked for us. The USA has an other political tradition, the 2 party system. If it works for the USA, why not?
Posted May-8-2012 Byp8urbyk5 (590.74) 
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They will never repay the money lent to them by the world they have never done so before and this time will be no different.
Bye-bye my money....
Posted May-8-2012 Bychevettey (52.78) chevettey View Channel Send Message
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@MB-UK The problem is that lots of banks speculated on them, so when they will finally go belly up there will be chain reactions throughout the whole of Europe.
Posted May-8-2012 Bybathory72 (497.00) 
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@MB-UK lazy semi Turks ? Iyou can do better than that chav
Posted May-10-2012 Byfunfff (99.96) 
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Quite a rainbow...... not easy to form a coalition.
Posted May-8-2012 Byp8urbyk5 (590.74) 
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Okay. No more austerity program. No more loans from the EU. Then what? Nationalize the banks? Seize multinational corporate assets? Print extra money?
Inflation will easily outstrip welfare and pension programs. Rioting will resume at triple the intensity of anything seen to date. By then, the politicians who scrapped the austerity measures will have their personal assets safe in Swiss bank accounts. They will count themselves clever as they tap the accounts when they arrive in Geneva with the More..
Posted May-8-2012 Byjohn1054 (5127.94) 
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@john1054 This guys a baby...in one week he'll have learned more than in the last ten years and will soon see reality
Posted May-8-2012 ByElegantDecline (2131.88) 
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@john1054 Starvation comes next. They can squeal and squeal but the reality is their credit will be shot and they will have to grow what they eat. There will be a humanitarian crisis in Greece and we will be shipping them bags of flour and taking Greek refugees. Many of the asshats will leave Greece en mass when they start to starve and settle in other countries, leeching off our welfare state.
Posted May-8-2012 Bydorbie (2529.90) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@ElegantDecline The sad part is, that doesn't seem to work here... or perhaps we haven't hit close to the bottom yet as Greece has.
Posted May-8-2012 ByLimitedTime (212.60) 
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@LimitedTime You've got the dollar...for now
Posted May-8-2012 ByElegantDecline (2131.88) 
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Greek is so screwed, reality is going to drive these idiots to ruin. We'll be shipping bags of flour there just so these retards can eat in a year or two.
Then our past will catch up with us and the flour will stop.
Posted May-8-2012 Bydorbie (2529.90) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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How was greece was allowed to join the EU in the first place....just look at the past retirement age.
Posted May-8-2012 Byfunkyyaya (553.30) funkyyaya View Channel Send Message
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