In the tanks: Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi.

Written on the tanks: Eurogroup, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.

Alexis Tsipras, the head of the Coalition of the Radical Left Syriza, came second in the elections of May 6, was charged with forming a government. He immediately declared his opposition to the memorandum signed by the outgoing government with the EU, the ECB and the IMF for granting emergency aid to the Greek economy.

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