ギリシャ総選挙、ツィプラス氏は新しいギリシャを約束した

現在私たちがどの時点に立っているのかまだわからないが、確実なのは、今は転換期にあるということだ。
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Leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras speaks to his supporters outside Athens University Headquarters, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. A triumphant Alexis Tsipras told Greeks that his radical left Syriza party's win in Sunday's early general election meant an end to austerity and humiliation and that the country's regular and often fraught debt inspections were a thing of the past.
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1月25日夜、選挙の最終結果は発表された。アレクシス・ツィプラス氏は、勝利演説が予定されているプロピュライアへと向かった。少し震える手で自分の前にある青色のフォルダーを開き、この時のために準備したスピーチを取り出した。彼はスピーチの言葉が全て詳細に検証されることを承知していた。そのため、その国民を激励する内容は、一言一言が慎重に選ばれていた。彼はスピーチを終え、その場から数歩離れた。喜ぶ聴衆は踊り出した。突然ツィプラス氏は向きを変え、こう叫んだ。「国民には、これを祝って踊る権利がある。彼らはそうする権利を5年間も、我々から奪ったのだから」。

この5年間、ギリシャの人々は誰を支持しようと誰に投票しようと、最も良くて不確実な状況下での不安で無感覚な生活、最も悪い時は無一文で安定感も将来への期待ももてない生活を送ってきた。ある友人が指摘したように、病院の一室に閉じ込められ、寝たきり患者の手を握りながら生きていくことを余儀なくされたかのような感覚である。

財政破綻に陥る寸前にあわただしく署名された最初のメモランダム、患者を生きながらえさせる薬を再投与するためトロイカ体制の意図に左右されるようになった生活、私たちはそういったものを目にしてきた。誇り高い勤勉な国民である私たちは、厳しい緊縮政策の導入で不意に生活が変わるのを経験した。

新しい首相は、そういったことすべてに挑むことを約束している。あるいは、国内的にも国外的にも変えようと努力することを。国内的には、国民には彼の味方が多いようで、彼には類まれな機会が与えられている。ハフポスト・ギリシャ版による出口調査によると、ギリシャ人の55%が、政治的・経済的なレベルでの交渉により適しているとし、急進左派連合(Syriza)が率いる政府を中核に据えることを支持している。野党第一党となった新民主主義(New Democracy)が再編成を行い組織を立て直すまでには時間がかかるため、新首相は、政治的な機会を手にしたことになる。

経済的な制約はまだ重くのしかかる。新政府の財政チームは、新政府が約束している新たな交渉のための準備期間が必要となるため、緊急支援策の延長を要求しなくてはならないだろう。しかし海外の資金提供国がどのような反応を示すかはまだ定かではない。ユーログループ代表者らは、市場支配力間の過酷な戦いに言及する。彼らは経済危機はあまりにも大きく、次期首相を「丸飲み」にするだろうと予測している。

ヨーロッパ自体が、あるいはヨーロッパ全体が、変化を望んでいるかどうかは現時点ではまだわからない。過去数年間で、ヨーロッパの経済基盤の脆弱性はかなり明らかになった。明らかでないのは、新首相がプロピュライアスクエアでのスピーチで述べたように、「ヨーロッパで変化を遂げる一地域を、ヨーロッパの残りの人々が受け入れる」かどうかである。ギリシャの歴史は、新たな政治勢力や見解は、国が危機を乗り越えた時に浮上することが証明してきた。現在私たちがどの時点に立っているのかまだわからないが、確実なのは、今は転換期にあるということだ。だからもしかすると、アレクシス・ツィプラス氏のスピーチに登場し、しかしそれほど言及されることはなかったこの文句を、とりあえずのところ私たちは記憶に刻んでおくべきなのかもしれない

「ギリシャは時間と空間を求めている」

この記事はハフポストギリシャ版に掲載されたものの英訳を翻訳しました。

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The leader of the Syriza leftist party Alexis Tsipras addresses supporters at an election meeting in central Athens on January 22, 2015. Greeks go to polls for general elections on January 25. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ARIS MESSINIS via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians walk past an election kiosk of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\'s New Democracy party, in central Athens\' Syntagma square, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. The sign reads in Greek: \'We say the truth, we quarantee tomorrow\'. Greece goes to the polls Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 with voters given a tough choice over how to handle the countryâs staggering national debt after six years of recession badly weakened its economy. The popular left-wing Syriza party is poised to defeat conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, after campaigning on demands that other eurozone countries forgive at least half the bailout loan money received since 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pedestrian walks past posters of Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece\'s Syriza left-wing main opposition party in central Athens, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Greece goes to the polls Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 with voters given a tough choice over how to handle the countryâs staggering national debt after six years of recession badly weakened its economy. The popular Syriza party is poised to defeat conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, after campaigning on demands that other eurozone countries forgive at least half the bailout loan money received since 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pedestrian walks past a bus stop featuring a picture of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, in central Athens, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. The sign reads in Greek: \'We say the truth, we quarantee tomorrow\'. Greece goes to the polls Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 with voters given a tough choice over how to handle the countryâs staggering national debt after six years of recession badly weakened its economy. The popular left-wing Syriza party is poised to defeat conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, after campaigning on demands that other eurozone countries forgive at least half the bailout loan money received since 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The head of a polling station Evangelia Darara places the lid on a ballot box as municipal workers assemble voting booths, Athens, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\' New Democracy party has failed so far to overcome a gap in opinion polls with the anti-bailout Syriza party ahead of the Jan. 25 general election. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Municipal workers assemble voting booths at a voting center in Athens, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\' New Democracy party has failed so far to overcome a gap in opinion polls with the anti-bailout Syriza party ahead of the Jan. 25 general election. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Greek Voters Head To The Polls For The General Election(37 of39)
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ATHENS, GREECE - JANUARY 25: A woman casts her vote at a polling station in a school on January 25, 2015 in Athens, Greece. According to the latest opinion polls, the left-wing Syriza party are poised to defeat Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\' conservative New Democracy party in the election, which will taking place today. European leaders fear that Greece could abandon the Euro, write off some of its national debt and put an end to the country\'s austerity by renegotiating the terms of its bailout if the radical Syriza party comes to power. Greece\'s potential withdrawal from the eurozone has become known as the \'Grexit\'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
Greek Voters Head To The Polls For The General Election(38 of39)
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ATHENS, GREECE - JANUARY 25: A woman casts her vote at a polling station in a school on January 25, 2015 in Athens, Greece. According to the latest opinion polls, the left-wing Syriza party are poised to defeat Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\' conservative New Democracy party in the election, which will taking place today. European leaders fear that Greece could abandon the Euro, write off some of its national debt and put an end to the country\'s austerity by renegotiating the terms of its bailout if the radical Syriza party comes to power. Greece\'s potential withdrawal from the eurozone has become known as the \'Grexit\'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
Greek Voters Head To The Polls For The General Election(39 of39)
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ATHENS, GREECE - JANUARY 25: A woman casts her vote at a polling station in a school on January 25, 2015 in Athens, Greece. According to the latest opinion polls, the left-wing Syriza party are poised to defeat Prime Minister Antonis Samaras\' conservative New Democracy party in the election, which will taking place today. European leaders fear that Greece could abandon the Euro, write off some of its national debt and put an end to the country\'s austerity by renegotiating the terms of its bailout if the radical Syriza party comes to power. Greece\'s potential withdrawal from the eurozone has become known as the \'Grexit\'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)