Greece eyes new vote as PM to seek absolute majority
AFP | Athens
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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said yesterday he was seeking a new vote as soon as on June 25 in order to obtain a ruling majority, a day after his party won national elections that failed to produce a single-party government.
The conservative New Democracy party of Mitsotakis trounced its rivals in Sunday’s vote, with a 20-point lead over its nearest contender -- Syriza, led by leftist Alexis Tsipras.
Voters handed the conservatives their best result since 2007, crediting the party with bringing economic stability back to a nation once known as an EU laggard.
“Shock and awe”, headlined left-wing daily Efsyn yesterday, summing up the feeling shared by both New Democracy and Syriza voters, while pro-government Proto Thema noted that the double-digit margin was the widest seen since 1974.
The “political earthquake” hailed by Mitsotakis sent the Athens stock market to its highest in almost a decade.
But the win fell five seats short of an outright majority, leaving Mitsotakis with the option of either seeking a coalition or calling a new vote.
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