Snap election

As campaigning heats up for next week's snap election, opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined the risk of repeat polls in August that could lead to long-drawn-out political upheaval if the conservative party does not secure a "strong mandate." 

A presidential decree ordering the official dissolution of Parliament ahead of snap elections in Greece was posted at a wall at the entrance of the House on Tuesday afternoon.
The notice, posted by the House's head of security, confirms the date of the elections, July 7, and announces that the new Parliament will convene on July 17.

A last-minute brake by the government on a flurry of amendments that leftist MPs have sought to bring to Parliament this week, before the anticipated closure of the House next week ahead of snap polls in July, has fueled upheaval within SYRIZA's ranks.

Opposition parties indicated on Tuesday that they will boycott Parliament after the government submitted a series of amendments to the House, chiefly foreseeing public sector hirings. 

Powered by momentum, the SYRIZA administration is behaving as if it still enjoys broad political legitimacy.
The incumbent leftists are acting as if the European Parliament election, which they too interpreted as the sweeping away of their mandate, never took place.

The government is believed to have lined up a series of legislative amendments to push through Parliament next week before the House is dissolved ahead of a snap general election on July 7, Kathimerini understands.

Greek bond yields resumed their downward trajectory on Thursday, with more talk about a possible bond issue by Greece before the July 7 snap general election.
The benchmark 10-year government bond yield declined by eight basis points on Thursday, or 2.61 percent, to 3.05 percent.

New Democracy has turned down a proposal by Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou for a consensual course of action with regard to the appointment of a new president and prosecutor of the Supreme Court before a snap election in July.

Israel embarked on May 30 on an unprecedented snap election campaign - the second this year - after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition and instead dissolved parliament.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday that the statutory bodies of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will decide whether or not there should be changes in the leadership of the party, ruling out snap elections.