ATHENS — Alexis Tsipras, the leftist political maverick who swept to power on Sunday in Greece in a popular rebellion, entered talks on Monday morning to form a coalition government that would determine how his Syriza party will start to reverse wrenching austerity policies.
Mr. Tsipras was scheduled to meet with Panos Kammenos, the leader of Independent Greeks, a small right-wing party that has often taken a hard line against austerity and the terms of the Greek bailout and won 4.7 percent of the national vote.
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“Democracy will return to Greece,” Mr. Tsipras said to a swarm of journalists as he cast his ballot in Athens. “The message is that our common future in Europe is not the future of austerity.”
Melissa Eddy contributed reporting from Berlin, and Niki Kitsantonis from Athens.
