Voting begins in Greece general election

Greece has begun voting in an election expected to
bring in a government led by the left-wing Syriza
party, which has promised to take on international
lenders and roll back painful austerity measures
imposed during years of economic crisis.
Barring a huge upset, victory for Syriza, which has
led opinion polls for months, would produce the
first government in the eurozone openly committed
to cancelling the austerity terms of its EU and IMF-
backed bailout programme.
A Syriza win would represent another turning point
for Europe after last week’s announcement by the
European Central Bank of a massive injection of
cash into the bloc’s flagging economy after years
of trying to clamp down on budgets and pushing
countries to pass structural reforms.
Polls are due to close at 1700GMT with the first
exit poll expected immediately after voting ends.