Tough talk on Greece alone won't boost Ireland, Spain at home


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  • Tuesday, 03 Mar 2015

DUBLIN/MADRID (Reuters) - Europe's tough treatment of Greece's new government has eased some immediate anti-austerity pressure in Ireland and Spain, but it may take a lot more than that to put Dublin and Madrid's ruling parties' re-election prospects back on track.

Elected months apart in 2011 as financial crises enveloped their own countries, the two centre-right led governments' hopes of winning a second term risk being upset by anti-austerity opponents aligned to Greece's Syriza, among other challenges.

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