Δευτέρα 18 Ιουνίου 2012

Greek election results part 2

Along with some help from friends abroad in the form of direct threats the Samaras summersault has been the mainstay of this repeat election. "I pay I tell you who to vote" Focus German edition last week. Samaras is known as mr. summersault due to his ability to reverse his stance on anything at any moment, see previous post:
 http://ellinomangia.blogspot.gr/2012/04/blog-of-mostly-political-and-cultural.html



So with an entire planet threatening and rattling at us Greeks not to vote for SYRIZA or any other party that refuses to ratify past loan agreements Samaras and his New Tromocracy party managed to win with an astonishing 29.7 percent of the vote. That is certainly way ahead of second place SYRIZA with a mere 26.9 percent of the vote. That 2.5 percentage point difference translates into a 58 seat spread in parliament. Take a look at official results so far. The blue is New Democracy, the pink is SYRIZA and the green is PASOK. The rest are the rest.





So mr. Samaras will have his chance today to form a government by trying to please all the smaller parties. Not much has changed from the elections of May the 6th so it is a possibility that there will be no new government at the end of the day. Greeks are not use to sharing power or responsibility for that matter. As a matter of fact the stereotype of the Greek macho guy with the oversized ego is described here as Ellinaras. As a matter of fact the stereotype is quite fitting for a little over 7 percent of the population that voted for the Golden Dawn party. Nothing like supporting the neo-Nazi party. Kind of like lining up for a handout eh!

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