Thu May 15, 2014 8:04pm EDT
* Greek EU
Commission candidate wants end to austerity
* Tsipras
appears for first time in televised debates
* Opposes
sanctions against Russia
over Ukraine
By Harry
Papachristou
ATHENS/BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Greek radical leftist leader Alexis Tsipras, running to head the European Commission, said on Thursday his country's EU-led bailout has been a failure, despite Athens' recent return to bond markets.
"What
happened in Greece is not a
success story but a social tragedy that shouldn't be repeated anywhere in Europe ," Tsipras said during a debate among
candidates for president of the European Commission, to be appointed after EU
Parliament elections May 22-25.
Tsipras,
the European Left's candidate in the European elections, made his first
appearance in a string of televised debates among the contenders. These debates
are the first of their kind as the EU seeks to show its relevance to
increasingly hostile voters.
The other
candidates to run the EU's executive are centre-right Luxembourg politician Jean-Claude Juncker,
61-year old Belgian liberal Guy Verhofstadt, 32-year old Green politician Ska
Keller from Germany
Tsipras
reiterated demands for Europe-wide debt reduction and called for an end to
bailout-imposed austerity policies across Europe
to boost economic growth.
"If we
don't finish with austerity, we'll never solve the problem of
unemployment," said the Athens-trained civil engineer, the only debate
participant to speak in his native language.
Juncker,
59, who led Greek rescue talks as head of euro zone finance ministers four years
ago, dismissed Tsipras' criticism. "I did what I could to make Greece
Tsipras,
39, stands little chance of becoming Commission president. But he expects the
candidacy to boost his radical leftist Syriza party, which stunned the
political establishment in 2012, coming out of nowhere to become Greece
Syriza has
since staunchly opposed the terms of Greece
The outcome
of the European elections in Greece
Tsipras has
said he would seek to negotiate an international write-off of about one-third
of Greece
Tsipras has
recently moderated some of his more aggressive rhetoric and sought to position
himself as a pro-Europe politician.
Again in
contrast with his rivals, Tsipras opposed EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine
Syriza has
led in the polls in the run-up to the local and EU vote in Greece
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