They were the upstart rebels, the firebrand crusaders against austerity and cuts, borne to power on a wave of anger and desperation.
But four years after their election to government, Greece’s ruling Syriza party faces a thumping defeat at a general election on Sunday – paving the way for the return of one of the country’s most well-established political dynasties.
Exhausted by austerity and disappointed by the government’s broken promises, Greeks are expected to elect as their new prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the scion of a powerful political family and the son of a former prime minister.
The far-Left Syriza is trailing 8.5 percentage points behind its rivals, the conservative New Democracy…
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