New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras gets his second chance in six weeks to form a government in Greece after winning yesterday’s election. Compared with his first attempt in May, when the field was split between many, things may appear a...
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Greek Rivals Contemplate Governing Together, Again
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Greek Pro-Bailout Parties May Take Majority as German Stance Loosens
As the counting progresses in Greece’s general election, the first official projections show New Democracy and Pasok could form a majority coalition: New Democracy — 29.5 percent or 128 seats Syriza — 27.1 percent or 72 seats Pasok — 12.3...
Read more »Greek Vote Too Close to Call, Exit Poll Shows
As polling stations close in Greece, exit polls show there may be no conclusive winner: New Democracy had 27.5 percent to 30.5 percent of the vote, the exit poll broadcast on state-run NET TV showed. Syriza had 27 percent to...
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Greeks Face Unexploded Grenades and EU Finance Ministers’ Statement
Two unexploded grenades were found near the offices of closely-held Skai TV in Athens. Government spokesman Dimitris Tsiodras described the incident as an attempt to disrupt the elections, as Maria Petrakis and Tom Stoukas report. An anonymous caller tipped off...
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How 10M Greeks Vote on Future of 500M Europeans
European newspapers reflect how the attention of the whole region is focused on the Greek general election. In other words, a population of just over 500 million in the European Union is watching with varying degrees of concern as fewer...
Read more »Greeks Go to Polls as Europe Watches
The Euro Crisis blog will follow the Greek election and its possible implications live today. The 9.9 million Greeks eligible to vote in the general election started arriving at the polling stations when they opened at 7 a.m. local time...
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The `Macaroni'
Greek ‘Macaroni’ Shows Why Government Needs to Be Reformed
Panagiotis Karkatsoulis of Greece’s Ministry for Administrative Reform and e-Governance in Athens has the perfect tool for conveying how desperately the Greek government needs to reform itself and the administration it sits atop. While the ‘Macaroni’ is an informal moniker,...
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Greek Reformers Face Gordian Knot of Regulations
Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, who works in the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Governance and teaches at the National School of Public Administration, has some well founded theories about where Greece went wrong. One long-standing habit of government that helped the...
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Greece’s Tsipras Tries to Call EU’s Bluff Over Funding
Alexis Tsipras, whose Syriza party is vying for first place in polls ahead of the country’s June 17 election, is trying to call the European Union’s bluff over funding for Greece. In this television interview, Tsipras says: “We have no...
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Shipping container transporters stand idle in Piraeus port, Athens.
Tax Would Push Greek Shippers Offshore
There may be no lack of businesses that could pay more tax in Greece, but that doesn’t mean whoever wins the June 17 general election is going to have an easy time convincing them that paying up makes good business...
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