The Greek political race is heating up ahead of the June 17 elections, with hard-leftist SYRIZA expressing the intention of doing away with the economic adjustment program and conservative New Democracy seeking to renegotiate parts of it. Although both parties want to take advantage of unused European Union funds to create jobs and boost the economy, this may not be the case if there is a breakdown in the negotiations with the troika -- the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund -- and the new government acts unilaterally as SYRIZA implies. At this point, less than two weeks before ... (full story)