Euro elections seen as pivotal

The results of the European Parliament elections due to take place on Sunday are expected to have a pivotal impact on the strategies of the country's political parties in view of national polls later in the year.

Ruling SYRIZA, for one, is consumed by concerns that opposition New Democracy will garner more than 30 percent of the vote in the elections on Sunday and win by a margin of more than 5 percent - enough to put it on course to form a single-party government when national elections are held.

Analysts insist that despite the pledge by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that national elections will be held at the end of his government's term in office in October, the European election results could expedite political developments and trigger snap polls in June.

SYRIZA pundits insist that if the ruling leftist party loses by a margin of less than 5 percent and...

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