Alexis Tsipras said he expects the European Union will do all it can to keep Greece in the euro even if he wins elections and carries out his promise to repeal the austerity measures required to receive emergency loans. “We have no sense that European partners will follow this tactic of blackmail heard from some quarters and stop funding,” Tsipras, whose Syriza party is vying for first place in pre- election polls, said in an interview in Athens today with Bloomberg Television. “Something like that would be catastrophic not only for Greece but for the entire euro area.” sipras’s promise to abrogate the terms of the ... (full story)