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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s political parties have been looking at the May 25 European election results to understand whether there has been a decisive shift in public opinion that makes a SYRIZA or New Democracy win in a national vote more or less likely.
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EU vote highlights Greek center-left's urgent need for renewal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expectation that the PASOK-led Elia alliance would receive less than the 8 percent it got in the European Parliament elections on Sunday has to some extent disguised the deep problems within the centre-left party.
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA secured a clear and historic win in Sunday’s European Parliament elections in Greece but its failure to improve on its share of the vote from the 2012 general elections and a slightly better than expected showing from the PASOK-led Elia (Olive Tree) alliance means that the victory is unlikely to be enough to force an immediate national vote.
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PASOK's future hangs in balance as Greece prepares for EU vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere are a number of factors to look out for in Sunday’s elections in Greece but perhaps the most crucial of all is what the results will mean for the future of PASOK.
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Bookies see clear win for SYRIZA in EU elections but not in local vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing the first round of local elections in Greece on May 18, betting companies have not made any material revisions to their odds for the winning party in the European Parliament (EP) elections on Sunday. They have, though, adjusted odds for the winners of local elections.
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Golden Dawn rears its head in local polls, prompting rethink from main parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of local elections on Sunday reinforced the belief that the threat of Golden Dawn to Greece’s political system has not disappeared and it has forced the mainstream parties to come up with new ways of tackling the matter.
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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.
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PASOK stakes coalition survival on voters’ fear of uncertainty
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith no traction in opinion polls and concern growing within the party about how to handle the post-May 25 fallout, PASOK has gambled on Greeks’ uncertainty about the future by warning that a poor European Parliament election result for the centre-left Olive Tree alliance could bring down the government.
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New Democracy and SYRIZA neck and neck for EP vote but PASOK adrift
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpinion polls over the last few days suggest that the result of the European Parliament elections in Greece on May 25 is still fairly finely balanced, with SYRIZA and New Democracy jostling for the lead but with PASOK struggling.
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To Potami's rise and Golden Dawn's strife shake things up for May vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as it looked as if May’s European Parliament elections would be an antagonistic but relatively sterile battle between New Democracy and SYRIZA, with Golden Dawn a shoe-in for third place, journalist Stavros Theodorakis is threatening to upset this apparent balance.