ATHENS — Greeks are hurting and angry after a decade of brutal austerity, and polls show they’re set to punish one man: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time. Mr. Tsipras’s supporters argue that after years of austerity, he has lifted the country out of the depths of the financial crisis and the economic picture has improved. But critics say his tenure as prime minister has been disastrous for entrepreneurship, crushing the middle class and eroding the rule of law. A second crisis that looms large in the election is the thousands of migrants languishing in tent camps in Greece while they await the processing of their asylum applications.

Source: International New York Times July 07, 2019 08:26 UTC