Electoral systems

She was supported by all political groups and secured the position among candidates from other member states

In the recent regional elections, we witnessed the victory of TV personalities, athletes, and artists in the public's preferences. This may be indicative of the prevailing trend and the increasing dominance of superficial PR campaigns over genuine substance.

A new bill concerning the voting rights of Greeks living abroad is expected to be submitted to Parliament. As is known, a majority of 200 votes is required for the legislative proposal to be ratified.

The parties that win the largest proportion of the vote will get substantially more in state funding than so far, while the smallest ones stand to lose the most under changed rules to party financing passed by the National Assembly on 6 July.

The 300 MPs elected on May 21 were sworn in Sunday afternoon.

The new Parliament, in which no party achieved an overall majority, will elect a Speaker and deputy speakers Monday. It will then be dissolved by presidential decree, either Monday or Tuesday, and new elections proclaimed, for June 25.

National elections on June 25 in Greece will be held under the system of "reinforced" proportional representation, which differs from proportional representation that the May 21 national ballot was held under, in that it allocates bonus seats in Parliament. 

On May 21, Greece will hold its 20th round of general elections since the restoration of democracy in 1974, and the 67th general election since the founding of the modern Greek state. The election will use a simple proportional representation system, which was voted for in 2016.

The electoral system of simple proportional representation was an unnecessary and dangerous trap that was dictated by the Left's ideological fixations.

Under the new electoral law, coalitions need to be considered, as the high percentage needed to form a single-party government has become increasingly harder to attain, all across Europe.

The champions of simple proportional representation claim that it is the best electoral system to express the genuine will of the people.

If this is what they truly believe, they also need to clarify the rules according to which they plan to interpret the people's will, once it is expressed at the polls on May 21.

Greece will hold a parliamentary election in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, with the country gearing up for a vote which is unlikely to produce an outright winner immediately.

The conservative leader, whose term ends officially in July, said a national election will be held on May 21.