NEWS FLASH

Anti-Austerity Parties Won Majority Of Votes In Greek Elections | Even though the New Democracy party won a plurality of votes in yesterday’s Greek parliamentary elections, and will attempt to form a government that sticks to austerity measures demanded of Greece in return for a financial rescue, anti-austerity parties actually secured a majority of the votes cast, winning 52 percent. Slate’s Matt Yglesias argues that New Democracy’s win amounts to a “booby prize,” as the party will be “presiding over a combination of foreign domination of Greek policymaking and mass unemployment,” leaving the main opposition party, Syriza, well situated for future elections.