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Election preparations and posters were spotted in the Greek capital Athens today ahead of Sunday’s general election that is being offered as an opportunity for change by the authorities.
Sipping her cold 4-euro frappe in the center of Athens, Maria N. says she has no illusions about the outcome of tomorrow’s elections.
“I don’t know if I’m going to vote, the results are predetermined,” says the doctor, reflecting a broad measure of political skepticism.
Polls put 20 percent of support for conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is expected to win a second four-year term.
But he also fears that voter disinterest may cost him the absolute majority that was in the end and the reason for calling new elections for the second time in a month.
Voters appeared to have appreciated Mitsotakis for his policies when they gave him 40.79 of the vote in the May 21 election.
But his party did not manage to get the parliamentary majority and the 55-year-old did not want to govern in a coalition, so he called for a repeat of the elections.
But that doesn’t seem to be providing an improved bottom line for the US-educated former financier prime minister.
One of the main challenges is the fact that the vote should leave about 9 million Greeks without going to the beach on Sunday.
Two elderly men discussing prices in front of a shop were angry at their uncontrolled change.
“Cherries are sold by rural cooperatives at 1.70 per kg, while supermarkets sell them at 6 euros per kilogram,” said Konstantinos Noumas.
His friend Zissis Karagiorgos, 67, said he hoped “people, especially young people, learn not to be afraid of change”.
Election preparations and posters were spotted in the Greek capital Athens today ahead of Sunday’s general election that is being offered as an opportunity for change by the authorities.
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