Newly Minted Minister of Finance for Greece, Euclid Tsakalotos of SYRIZA, addressing the Sinn Féin in March 2015

Also see: Sinn Féin’s alliance with Syriza shows shift in leftwing politics | The Financial Times “Their alliance attests to a structural shift in Europe’s leftwing politics brought on by the euro crisis. Syriza now dominates the Greek political landscape. In Spain, Podemos has emerged to outflank the Socialists as the anti-austerity party. Sinn Féin is now the only effective leftwing party in Irish politics after the emasculation of the country’s Labour party in a pro-austerity coalition government.