Conservatives face re-election battle in Greek vote

Описание: (19 May 2023)

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volos – May 11, 2023
1. Wide of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at campaign rally
2. Supporters waving New Democracy party flags
3. Mitsotakis greeting supporters
HEADLINE: Conservatives face re-election battle in Greek vote
ANNOTATION: Greece’s conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing a tough re-election battle in a national vote on May 21.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Athens – May 18, 2023
4. Various of New Democracy campaign kiosk on Syntagma Square with Parliament in background
ANNOTATION: Polls suggest the center-right New Democracy party has a strong lead but may not be able to form a government and could call a fresh election in July.
5. Various of downtown shopping street
ANNOTATION: The elections are being held after international bailout lenders lifted strict spending controls, but many Greeks are still under financial strain.
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Athens – May 17, 2023
6. View of central Athens from taxi
7. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Christina Messari, Taxi driver:
“We do have work and things are improving but we have more expenses, and everything is more expensive. The last four years have been like looking at a heart monitor."
8. Various of campaign kiosk in central Athens for the left-wing opposition party Syriza, featuring a poster of opposition leader and former prime minister, Alexis Tsipras
ANNOTATION: The opposition is led by former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who wants to form a broad center-left coalition, seeking a boost from younger voters.
9. Various of workers packing ballots at a warehouse of the regional authority in greater Athens to to be delivered to polling stations
ANNOTATION: Opinion polls indicate that no clear majority is expected to emerge in the next 300-seat parliament.

STORYLINE:
Greeks will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will have more control over the country’s economy for the first time in over a decade.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the 55-year-old conservative frontrunner who delivered better than expected economic growth and reduced unemployment, is seeking a second term after the end of austere spending controls imposed by international bailout lenders.

His re-election, once thought of as posing little challenge, is now clouded in uncertainty following a deadly rail disaster three months ago.

Observers expect a second election in July when the voting system will change back to a system that favours the winning party with a so-called seat bonus in parliament.

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