The transformation of syriza from a minor party struggling to enter parliament into a major governing party within a short period of time, its rule in the context of an economic crisis, and its resilience following four and a half years of governance make a very interesting story. syriza has been the only radical left populist party that has governed an EU country in recent times. This introductory article accounts for the factors that facilitated syriza’s catapulting to power, while the special issue assesses some of the main issues that the syriza-led government dealt with from 2015 to 2019. With the danger of oversimplifying a more complex picture, the special issue editors argue that syriza emerged as a serious contender to power owing to two factors: i) the errors in the economic policies of the governments that ruled during the 2010–2014 period, and ii) its successful exploitation of the opportunity to capitalize on the dynamics of a grassroots protest movement (the ‘Aganaktismenoi’) through the adoption of the movement’s populist discourses. The introduction then explicates the consolidation of syriza in the Greek political system and concludes with a brief presentation of the structure of the special issue.

改造SYRIZA从一个小党奋力进入议会成很短的时间内一个主要的执政党，其在经济危机的背景下以下四个半年的治理规则，其弹性使一个很有趣的故事. SYRIZA一直是近来已有管辖欧盟国家唯一的激进左翼人民党。这篇介绍性文章解释了促使syriza 上台的因素，而特刊则评估了syriza 领导的政府在 2015 年至 2019 年期间处理的一些主要问题。特刊编辑认为，激进左翼联盟由于两个因素，它成为权力的有力竞争者：i) 2010 年至 2014 年期间执政的政府经济政策的错误，以及 ii) 它成功地利用了利用基层抗议活动的机会运动（'Aganaktismenoi'）通过采用该运动的民粹主义话语。引言然后解释了希腊政治体系中激进左翼联盟的巩固，最后简要介绍了特刊的结构。