MacroPolis

The first round of Greece’s local elections on Sunday serves as a pre-cursor to the European Parliament polls a week later, when much clearer conclusions will be drawn about the country’s short-term political future.

Nevertheless, Sunday’s vote for regions and municipalities will not be completely irrelevant to what happens on the national political scene. Apart from anything else, coming a week before the EU elections, it has the potential to set the tone for the n...