Greek conservatives clear an ‘open road’ to political supremacy – By John Psaropoulos (Al Jazeera) / May 22, 2023
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy routed the left-wing Syriza in Sunday’s general election and seems set to do it again as the opposition faces fragmentation.
Athens, Greece – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will not try to form a government after his party won the general election by a huge margin.
“I don’t believe there’s any basis for the formation of a government in this parliament,” the leader of the conservative New Democracy party told President Katerina Skellaropoulou on Monday after she gave him the order to do so.
Mitsotakis is expecting to be in an even better position after a second vote, which could take place as early as next month.
In Sunday’s election, New Democracy finished first with 40.8 percent of the popular vote, a percentage point more than in the previous national polls four years earlier and about 20 points ahead of the second-placed party, the left-wing Syriza.
