SYRIZA’s swift and irreversible collapse

Sooner or later, the situation in SYRIZA will come to a head. The conflicts, the fractures, the ousters and the departures will reach some kind of limit. At some point, the only people who will be left in the party will be those who can tolerate one another, those who can exist alongside each other in some semblance of harmony. Or, more simply, too few to break up any further.

The biggest danger lies in that precise moment: when those who have stuck with the party look around and realize they're alone, without enemies inside the gates, without anyone undermining their efforts, but also without anyone supporting the party anymore either.

The main opposition party has accomplished something quite remarkable. The tendency is for citizens to turn their back on a party because what it has to propose is no longer attractive or interesting. Other parties may have put off...