Greece will stay in the eurozone while also fighting against the politics of austerity "which is ruining Europe" if the radical left-wing Syriza party wins this month's general election, its leader said Sunday.
"It's clear from any point of view that the subject of Greece leaving the euro simply does not exist," Alexis Tsipras told Greek weekly Realnews.
Global markets have been shaken by fears that Greece could abandon the euro if Syriza wins the election on January 25.
But Tsipras said the idea of Greece quitting the eurozone was "alarmism" dating from 2012 at the height of Greece's crisis which led to a 240-billion-euro ($282 billion) international bailout.