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New Democracy leads Greek election
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June 18, 2012, Monday
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THE pro-bailout conservative New Democracy party beat the anti-bailout leftist Syriza party in Greece's crucial election yesterday, but forming a coalition government as desired by the winning party won't come easy.
New Democracy garnered 30.05 points against Syriza's 26.57, followed by the Socialist PASOK's 12.48, according to the Interior Ministry's latest partial result based on the counting of 80 percent of all votes by late yesterday night.
Exit poll also showed that the center-right New Democracy had edged out Syriza, and the final official result is to be announced today.
New Democracy's party leader Antonis Samaras called upon all pro-bailout political parties to participate in forming a new government soon after the exit poll projected his victory.
"There's no time to waste and we don't have time for party politics," Samaras told reporters yesterday night, also pledging to work closely with European partners at the time of deep crisis.
His party needs to join hands with at least one other party to secure more than 150 of the parliament's 300 seats and form a coalition government, but the third-place PASOK's leader Evangelos Venizelos said in a statement that he would not be on board without the participation of Syriza and Democratic Left.
It appears that Venizelos' proposal of four top parties forming a unity government is very unlikely to be accepted by Samaras, while Syriza's Alexis Tsipras also said that he would be the main opposition party, indicating he was not interested in participating in the coalition government.
New Democracy came first in the May election, but failed to form a government after tough negotiations, thus forcing Greek people to go to the polls for the second time in six weeks.
Yesterday's repeat election has been closely watched by Europe and the world, as an anti-bailout government could result in a chaotic Greek default and euro exit.
Samaras' winning over Tsipras was an instant relief to the eurozone and the global market, but the prospect of quickly forming a new government is far from promising.
New Democracy garnered 30.05 points against Syriza's 26.57, followed by the Socialist PASOK's 12.48, according to the Interior Ministry's latest partial result based on the counting of 80 percent of all votes by late yesterday night.
Exit poll also showed that the center-right New Democracy had edged out Syriza, and the final official result is to be announced today.
New Democracy's party leader Antonis Samaras called upon all pro-bailout political parties to participate in forming a new government soon after the exit poll projected his victory.
"There's no time to waste and we don't have time for party politics," Samaras told reporters yesterday night, also pledging to work closely with European partners at the time of deep crisis.
His party needs to join hands with at least one other party to secure more than 150 of the parliament's 300 seats and form a coalition government, but the third-place PASOK's leader Evangelos Venizelos said in a statement that he would not be on board without the participation of Syriza and Democratic Left.
It appears that Venizelos' proposal of four top parties forming a unity government is very unlikely to be accepted by Samaras, while Syriza's Alexis Tsipras also said that he would be the main opposition party, indicating he was not interested in participating in the coalition government.
New Democracy came first in the May election, but failed to form a government after tough negotiations, thus forcing Greek people to go to the polls for the second time in six weeks.
Yesterday's repeat election has been closely watched by Europe and the world, as an anti-bailout government could result in a chaotic Greek default and euro exit.
Samaras' winning over Tsipras was an instant relief to the eurozone and the global market, but the prospect of quickly forming a new government is far from promising.
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