Poliittinen kenttä Kreikassa on kokenut mullistavan muutoksen. Yksi vasemmiston haara nosti kannatuksensa neljästä 27 prosenttiin. Tämä on ensimmäinen kerta vuoden 1958 jälkeen, kun vasemmisto nousee toiseksi suureksi puolueeksi eduskunnassa. Sen lisäksi porvaripuolueiden kannatus romahtaa kauttaaltaan kertaheitolla. Poliittisen oikeutuksensa menettämisen seurauksena porvarilliset puolueet kokevat suurta hajaannusta. Uutena ilmiönä näissä vaaleissa oli natsipuolueen korkea kannatus. Kesäkuun vaaleissa ”kultainen sarastus”–puolue säilytti toukokuun vaaleissa saamansa  seitsemän prosentin äänisaaliin.

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Polarization and impasse: rise of the Left, Pyrrhic victory for the Right

The right wing New Democracy won in the Greek elections on June 17 a pyrrhic victory, with a very narrow lead from the second party, the reformist SYRIZA: the Right got around 30 per cent( not permitting to form a majority government by itself alone) and the reformist Left around 27 per cent ( from 17 per cent on May 6). This extremely limited and non inspiring “success” of the Right came despite a gigantic international and national campaign of intimidation of the Greek people and in favor of New Democracy, waged by all international and national bourgeois media as well as by the IMF and Lagarde, Merkel’s and Shäuble’s Germany, Baroso, Oli Ren and the EU Commision, Junker, the chairman of the Eurogroup, even by Obama himself and his Administration. Although the pro-Memorandum parties (New Democracy, PASOK, the liberal Democratic Left) can form a coalition government supported by a parliamentary majority (thanks also of the anti-democratic electoral law giving to the first party as a bonus 50 seats), the majority of the voters themselves have voted anti-Memorandum parties.

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As only less than two weeks separate us from the new critical parliamentary elections in Greece, on June 17, polarization, fears and hopes dominate the political climate. The clashing forces are mainly polarized on the question of who- and if- Samaras, the Right led by Samaras or the left reformist SYRIZA led by Tsipras   will prevail and be able to form a new government to face the bankruptcy of the country.

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