Can the new cabinet save Tsipras?

The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks0Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reshaped his government team in November 2016. Observers see the reshuffle above all as a bid to improve his left-leaning Syriza party's poor approval ratings. Framing the move as a new start won't do Tsipras much good, commentators believe.

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ESO: Background information: Are Syriza's days counted? http://www.europeansources.info/record/are-syrizas-days-counted/

Kathimerini, 08.11.16: [Opinion]: Real winners of the reshuffle http://www.ekathimerini.com/213484/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/real-winners-of-the-reshuffle

Kathimerini, 07.11.16: Reshuffle exposes government rifts http://www.ekathimerini.com/213491/article/ekathimerini/news/reshuffle-exposes-government-rifts

Kathimerini, 07.11.16: Poll shows PM, gov’t popularity in free fall http://www.ekathimerini.com/213481/article/ekathimerini/news/poll-shows-pm-govt-popularity-in-free-fall

Euronews, 05.11.16: Tsipras reshuffles Greek Cabinet http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/05/tsipras-reshuffles-the-greek-cabinet

Spiegel Online International, 01.11.16: The Charm Wears Off. Tsipras Caught Between EU and Voter Demands http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/greek-prime-minister-tsipras-faces-voter-anger-a-1119045.html

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