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Syriza Defeated, but Tsipras’s Takeover of the Centre-Left Rumbles On
The headline of Syriza's snap election defeat to New Democracy masks Alexis Tsipras's attempt to rebrand himself as a stalwart of the centre-left. But his neutralisation of the party in favour of his personal authority comes with costs and contradictions, argues Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou.