The election results and ND’s next challenge

There are several obvious conclusions we can take away from Sunday's election results. First, that opposition New Democracy triumphed with the widest margin ever seen in European elections in Greece and that it is now aiming for a similar or even greater victory in the upcoming general election.
Secondly, that ruling SYRIZA suffered a game-changing defeat. Its focus now is on staunching leaks, rallying its fighting forces and maintaining the party's role as the second pillar of a system with two major parties by securing the greatest support possible.

Meanwhile, the elections elevated the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) to the role of the country's third strongest political force, though the absolute number and the percentage of votes fell short of its performance in the European Parliament elections in 2014.

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