Alexis Tsipras, the head of the leftist, anti-austerity Syriza party, has been sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister. Syriza won a decisive victory in Sunday’s election, becoming the first anti-austerity party to lead one of the 19 nations in the eurozone since the economic crisis began. Syriza spokesperson Panos Skourletis said Europe should not be worried about the new government’s policies.

Panos Skourletis: “Europe should not be afraid of parties like Syriza. If it should be afraid of something, it should be afraid of itself. I refer to the dominant strategic policies of extreme austerity, which have been imposed primarily by the main power in Europe, Germany. These dogmatic, neoliberal economic policies have driven Europe to a stagnation.”