Alexis Tsipras Prime Candidate of European Left
The 4th Congress of the European Left (EL) in Madrid today nominated the chair of the Greek Left Alliance SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, with 84,1 per cent approval as EL-candidate for the office of President of the European Commission. The party chair of DIE LINKE, Bernd Riexinger congratulates Tsipras on his nomination. He declares:
I congratulate Alexis Tsipras on his nomination. He is our candidate, he is the one that stands clearly for a social alternative to wrong and antisocial policies. Together, we run for European elections as European left parties to make Europe more social. We want a turn to justice for the continent. Social minimun standards for wages, pensions, taxes, and social benefits, a social charter for crisis programmes, an investment offensive and European wide referenda - with these core issues we compete. We fight for a renaissance of European Solidarity.