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Greeks Head To The Polls On May 21 To Elect A New Government

 

FOX News: Greece election: Economy, migration, scandals loom large in pivotal vote  

Turkey and Russia keeping a watchful eye on Sunday's vote 

Greece will go to the polls this Sunday with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his center-right New Democracy party fighting to hold the center of Greek and European politics as tensions flare ahead of the vote. 

"Prime Minister Mitsotakis is a unique figure in world politics. He embodies a center right that seems to have faded away in Western democracy," Endy Zemenides, Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, told Fox News Digital. "His free enterprise and national security credentials wouldn’t surprise anyone, but his stances on climate change, abortion, LGBTQ rights are certainly not mirrored by the political right in other countries. Both in tone and substance he has avoided the populism that the hard right around the world uses."  

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WNU Editor: We will know the outcome tomorrow .... Greeks Head to Polls, No Outright Winner Seen (Reuters). 

Greeks Head To The Polls On May 21 To Elect A New Government  

Party leaders host pre-election meal for reporters -- Kathimerini English Edition  

Greeks head to polls for election as opposition eyes victory -- Daily Sabah  

What have been some of Greece's biggest election promises? -- DW  

Greece’s ruling conservatives in election pole position, but messy outcome likely -- Politico  

Greece: All you need to know about this weekend's elections -- Journal.ie



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