The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza party sweared to revive "dignity" to the hugely-indebted country if they win Sunday's general election. Alexis Tsipras, 40, has campaigned on a pledge to renegotiate Greece's 318 billion euro ($357 billion) debt mountain and said he was steeling himself for a "major confrontation" with the country's international creditors.

He said Greece had been insulted by the demands of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, who wanted deep spending cuts in return for a 240-billion-euro bailout which began in 2010. Tsipras told a press conference on Friday "We will do whatever it takes to save the dignity of our people."