A young, impatient leftist is Greece’s defiant new face

Analysts say Syriza’s leadership is deeply committed to its anti-austerity ideology and feels emboldened by the support it is getting from prominent left-leaning economists across the globe.

That, said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Center for European Reform, could lead the party to overplay its hand.

“My fear is they will attempt to explain to Germany and the European partners how wrong their approach is and they should see the wisdom of an alternative approach,” he said. “That almost certainly is going to fail.”