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Mitsotakis clinches big majority in second election, but small parties could complicate matters Kyriakos Mitsotakis was re-elected as Prime Minister with a convincing win on Sunday as his party kept up its impressive showing in the May 21 elections by taking an estimated 40.5 pct of the vote and winning a comfortable majority of seven seats in the 300-seat Greek Parliament, according to the first official projections.
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Opposition parties jostle for position in post-election political landscape With a New Democracy win all but assured in Sunday’s elections, the main forces of the opposition are staking out their positions with an eye on the day after on Greece’s political scene.
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ND lead unabated in face of last-minute disputes over migrant boat sinking, minority votes In the final stretch to the ballot, New Democracy leads more confidently than ever in opinion polls, despite the ongoing controversies surrounding the deadly sinking of a migrant ship and allegations of Turkish interference in Thrace.
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Mitsotakis enters last week of campaign with confidence, high ratings With just a week left until Greeks vote again to elect a government, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is displaying growing confidence that he will win a clear majority on June 25 – a belief that is backed up by one opinion poll after the other.
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Tension rises in electoral battle, but opinion polls suggest result in little doubt The growing tension ahead of the June 25 elections, which New Democracy is vying to win comfortably enough to secure a parliamentary majority, has been highlighted by a clash between the centre-right party and SYRIZA over the latter’s candidates in the Rodopi region of northeastern Greece.
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Opinion poll offers Mitsotakis encouragement in quest for majority The latest opinion poll to be published since the May 21 elections has provided New Democracy with further encouragement that it is on the right track and that a parliamentary majority is in sight on June 25.
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Mitsotakis sticks with stability mantra as SYRIZA looks for new approach Kyriakos Mitsotakis is sticking to the formula that won him a landslide victory in the May 21 elections, hoping that this will drive New Democracy to a clear majority in the second vote on June 25.
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Tsipras identifies failings, tries to rally SYRIZA as Androulakis attempts to tread own path The caretaker government, under the premiership of senior judge Ioannis Sarmas, that will guide Greece to the June 25 elections was due to be sworn in on Friday but most of the attention was on the opposition parties’ efforts to ensure that New Democracy does not enjoy another landslide victory next month.
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Parties face up to victory and defeat in preparation for fresh elections The campaign season has kicked off anew in Greece, with political parties still digesting the surprise result of polls on Sunday, which gave the outgoing administration of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis a commanding lead but failed to produce a new government.
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat Greece is headed for a re-run of last Sunday’s elections after the two main parties turned down the opportunity to start coalition talks.