Fears over possibility of third ballot

A man walks past an election banners depecting Greece's former Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy party Kyriakos Mitsotakis, outside the Greek Parliament in central Athens, on Tuesday. [AP]

Given that a third election is a distinct possibility in the case that frontrunner New Democracy decreases its electoral percentage and a seven-party Parliament emerges, the polls on June 25 have added significance.

Even though New Democracy will, reportedly, not make the possibility of a new election the central core of its campaign, it will, nonetheless, seek to stress that it is a possibility.

Meanwhile, socialist PASOK has shifted its narrative after the May 21 elections from the position of "yes to a coalition government, but without (ND leader Kyriakos) Mitsotakis or (SYRIZA leader Alexis) Tsipras as prime minister," to a complete refusal to participate in any government formation, even if ND falls short of the parliamentary majority by one or two seats.

Mitsotakis has already made it clear since the previous election period that he will not cooperate...

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