SYRIZA

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SYRIZA is a major left-wing political party in Greece that rose to prominence during the country’s debt crisis and has served as a principal rival to the center-right New Democracy party.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
SYRIZA canonical 6
Syriza 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek political party ⓘ
left-wing political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
abbreviation SYRIZA ⓘ
becameUnitaryParty 2012 ⓘ
color red ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
countryOfOperation Greece ⓘ
electoralBreakthroughYear 2012 ⓘ
enteredGovernment 2015 ⓘ
europeanAffiliation Party of the European Left ⓘ
europeanParliamentGroup The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL ⓘ
formedGovernmentWith Independent Greeks ⓘ
formerLeader Alexis Tsipras ⓘ
Aléxis Tsípras ⓘ
linked to: Alexis Tsipras
founded 2004 ⓘ
foundedAs Coalition of the Radical Left ⓘ
fullName Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ⓘ
governingPeriod 2015–2019 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Athens ⓘ
ideology democratic socialism ⓘ
eco-socialism ⓘ
left-wing populism ⓘ
internationalAffiliation Progressive International ⓘ
keyPolicyFocus anti-austerity measures ⓘ
debt relief for Greece ⓘ
public sector protection ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
welfare state expansion ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
leader Stefanos Kasselakis ⓘ
notableEvent 2015 Greek bailout referendum campaign ⓘ
notablePeriodOfRise Greek government-debt crisis ⓘ
oppositionTo austerity policies imposed by the EU and IMF ⓘ
originallyFormedAs coalition of left-wing and radical left parties ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentation Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
radical left ⓘ
positionOnEuropeanUnion pro-European with criticism of austerity ⓘ
primeMinisterFromParty Alexis Tsipras ⓘ
principalRival New Democracy ⓘ
principalRivalIdeology center-right ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Southern Europe ⓘ
symbol multi-colored flag with red, green and purple ⓘ
voterBase left-wing and progressive middle-class voters ⓘ
public sector employees ⓘ
urban working class ⓘ
young voters ⓘ
wonNationalElections January 2015 Greek legislative election ⓘ
September 2015 Greek legislative election ⓘ
youthWing SYRIZA Youth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European United Left–Nordic Green Left → hasMemberParty → Syriza ⓘ
linked to: SYRIZA
Party of the European Left → hasObserver → Syriza ⓘ
linked to: SYRIZA
European United Left–Nordic Green Left → hasMember → Syriza ⓘ
linked to: SYRIZA
SYRIZA → abbreviation → SYRIZA ⓘ
New Democracy (Greece) → competesWith → SYRIZA ⓘ
Stefanos Kasselakis → party → SYRIZA ⓘ
Alexis Tsipras → memberOfPoliticalParty → Syriza ⓘ
linked to: SYRIZA
Alexis Tsipras → leaderOfPoliticalParty → Syriza ⓘ
linked to: SYRIZA