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Over in Greece there are growing signs that collaboration between the ruling left-wing Syriza party and its junior coalition partner, the small rightwing Independent Greeks, may finally be coming to an end. Helena Smith reports:

From the outset, the progressive leftist Syriza party and the arch-nationalist, ultra right wing Independent Greeks, Anel, made for odd bedfellows. Austerity, or rather the two parties’ dislike for it, was their common point of reference. With the worst of bailout negotiations finally over and unpopular pension cuts and tax hikes legislated, rumours of a rift have been growing.

Today, Panos Kammenos, leader of Independent Greeks, took to the airwaves to try and dispel the speculation:

We are participating in the government but have made clear our red lines with regards to issues of religion, the homeland and national matters … we often disagree in parliament. This doesn’t mean that each person cannot express their personal opinion.

But veteran leftists in Syriza are grumbling, arguing that with Anel as its partner the coalition will never be able to move ahead with the leftist policies it wants to implement now that the worst of fiscal adjustment is over.