Greece Set For New Syriza-led Government

Radical leftist party Syriza looks set to form a government with the support of right-wing populist party Independent Greeks, after coalition talks ended Monday. Panos Kammenos, leader of the Independent Greeks, said his party will give a vote of confidence in Syriza's leader, Alexis Tsipras, as prime minister and that Greece now has a government, media reports said. "The cabinet make-up will be announced by the prime minister," Kammenos said, the Guardian newspaper reported. While the two parties are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, they both reject austerity measures connected with Greece's international bailout. While Syriza came out the leading party in Greece's general election on Sunday, with 36.3% of votes and 150 seats, it fell short of an outright majority in the 300-seat parliament. A partnership with Independent Greeks, which took 13 seats, would give it a comfortable governing majority.