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Pyrite
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20 Jun 2012, 9:38 am

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Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party, which won Sunday's election, has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister.

The ceremony came shortly after he agreed a coalition government with the Socialists (Pasok) and the smaller leftist party, the Democratic Left.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18524252

I guess this was the last election for a while.


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20 Jun 2012, 5:42 pm

Pyrite wrote:
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Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party, which won Sunday's election, has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister.

The ceremony came shortly after he agreed a coalition government with the Socialists (Pasok) and the smaller leftist party, the Democratic Left.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18524252

I guess this was the last election for a while.


At least for the next few months at least. I can't imagine a government can remain stable for very long tho. More than 50% of the people still voted against these pro-bail out parties.



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21 Jun 2012, 11:20 am

Jacoby wrote:
Pyrite wrote:
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Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party, which won Sunday's election, has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister.

The ceremony came shortly after he agreed a coalition government with the Socialists (Pasok) and the smaller leftist party, the Democratic Left.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18524252

I guess this was the last election for a while.


At least for the next few months at least. I can't imagine a government can remain stable for very long tho. More than 50% of the people still voted against these pro-bail out parties.


Exactly, despite New Democracy and Pasok being called the 'pro-bailout' parties New Democracy campaigned on a 'no more cuts' platform and Pasok campaigned promising to renegotiate all the nasty bits they have already agreed to.

Given that 60% of the electorate voted for far more extreme anti austerity measures, if New Democracy & Pasok don't manage a monumental renegotiation then Athens is going to burn again.



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21 Jun 2012, 6:27 pm

The third coalition member, the Democratic Left, had been part of Syriza until recently. At one point they led both Syriza and the Communists in the polls as they jockeyed for the lead amongst the left auti-austerity parties.