French President Francois Hollande, the Socialist who rode an anti-austerity platform to victory and refused to talk with Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, has warmly welcomed PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos – who imposed harsh austerity measures on Greeks.
Venizelos said he was not there as a politician but representative of the Greek people, although his party received only 13.2 percent of the vote in the elections, while 68 percent of Greeks voted for anti-austerity parties that included Leftists, Communists, Rightists and Nazis. Hollande said the President of France can only meet with state leaders, which Venizelos is not, but didn’t explain the contradiction.
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