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Europe faces Greek headache whoever wins vote

Published Wed, Jan 21, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Brussels

WHOEVER wins Greece's general election on Sunday, Europe will have to take urgent action to tackle the country's mountain of debt before it buries the rest of the eurozone, analysts say.

Alexis Tsipras, head of the Syriza party that leads in the polls, has alarmed EU capitals by pledging to ditch austerity measures and renegotiate the debt left by two huge international bailouts.

The risk of Greece crashing out of the euro is unlikely irrespective of the resu…

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