High-risk elections for the Greek leader: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in power since 2019, hopes to win this Sunday, May 21 against his left-wing rival, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The conservative leader is credited by polling institutes with a slight lead, and these legislative elections promise to be very tight, three months after the train disaster which left 57 dead and deeply traumatized the country.
This is the objective displayed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis: to obtain a sufficiently large result this Sunday to control Parliament and continue to govern alone. The 55-year-old Conservative Prime Minister highlights the return to growth, the surge in tourism and the drop in unemployment. An economic balance sheet which wants to be flattering – a little too undoubtedly in the eyes of the voters who denounce the inflation, the low wages and especially the dilapidation of the public services.
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Towards a new ballot?
Decline tragically illustrated by the Tempé rail disaster last February, which aroused the anger of the Greek population. Facing Mistotakis, the left-wing former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who hopes to capitalize on this anger to return to power. The leader of Syriza has refocused his speech, and he hopes to form a coalition with the socialists of Pasok. But the most probable scenario, at the end of these elections, is that of an untraceable majority. A new ballot could then be organized at the beginning of July.
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I believe in a better Greece for the future of our children…
Reporting in meetings in Athens