(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, MAY 7 - The day after the electoral
earthquake having punished the pro-austerity parties (the
Conservative Party, Nea Dimokratia and the Socialist party,
Pasok) which failed to gain a sufficient number of seats to form
a great coalition on their own, it is now up to Nea Dimokratia
leader Antonis Samaras to form a new government, since Nea
Dimokratia remains the majority party, although with a small
margin, having gained 18.85% of votes.
This is certainly not an easy task: in order to create a
coalition whose authority is sufficient to carry out in-depth
reforms, the government needs at least another party. All the
attention is directed on Democratic Left, a group of ''rebels''
coming from several left-wing parties that, with its 19 seats,
might make the ''great coalition'' of ''national rescue'' (as
Samaras defined it) reach the number of 160 seats out of 300.
Will Samaras succeed? Moreover, it must be taken into consideration that an understanding with Pasok is not certain yet and that Samaras does not have much time (according to the law, three days) to investigate the intensions of possible allies. His key might be a mitigation of the Memorandum of Understanding (the MoU providing for Greece to exchange Draconian austerity measures with aid by the EU) which ND has asked for for a long time; this might ensure the support of anti-austerity campaigners too. Samaras is set to meet President of the repubblic Karolos Papoulias, who will officially ask him to form a government. The Head of the State might, through a call to responsibility, enable the forming of some alliances, in the name of the survival of the Greek homeland. In the meanwhile, the ''extreme wings'', the winners of this round of elections, are satisfied: the radical left party, Syriza, is now the country's second party, with 16.78%, more than Pasok and also Chrysi Avgi's far-right supporters celebrated their triumph staging some stadium shows. They gained 6.97% of votes and 21 seats thanks to their anti-immigration, anti-European and anti-establishment campaign. (ANSAmed).
Will Samaras succeed? Moreover, it must be taken into consideration that an understanding with Pasok is not certain yet and that Samaras does not have much time (according to the law, three days) to investigate the intensions of possible allies. His key might be a mitigation of the Memorandum of Understanding (the MoU providing for Greece to exchange Draconian austerity measures with aid by the EU) which ND has asked for for a long time; this might ensure the support of anti-austerity campaigners too. Samaras is set to meet President of the repubblic Karolos Papoulias, who will officially ask him to form a government. The Head of the State might, through a call to responsibility, enable the forming of some alliances, in the name of the survival of the Greek homeland. In the meanwhile, the ''extreme wings'', the winners of this round of elections, are satisfied: the radical left party, Syriza, is now the country's second party, with 16.78%, more than Pasok and also Chrysi Avgi's far-right supporters celebrated their triumph staging some stadium shows. They gained 6.97% of votes and 21 seats thanks to their anti-immigration, anti-European and anti-establishment campaign. (ANSAmed).
