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Update: Monday Jun 18, 2012> ELECTION RESULTS With 100% percent of the votes counted, support for New Democracy stood at 29.66%, followed by 26.89% for SYRIZA. PASOK came third with 12.28%, followed by Independent Greeks 7.51, Golden Dawn 6.92, Democratic Left 6.25 and the Communist Party 4.5 percent. Below the Parliament threshold, Drasi/Re-Create Greece, LAOS and Ecologists Greens got 1.59%, 1.58% and 0.88% respectively. Abstinence reached 39%… > SAMARAS: “GREECE SECURED ITS POSITION IN THE EUROZONE” New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras said Greece had secured its position in the Eurozone, saying that the outcome of the vote was a “significant moment for Greece and the rest of Europe,” according to Kathimerini… > TSIPRAS: “WE WERE DEFEATED BY AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF THE PAST” SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras immediately rejected joining a coalition scheme; he insisted that his party should remain in opposition, from where it can combat the austerity measures Greece’s lenders are demanding from Athens… > VENIZELOS: “THERE’S NOT A DAY TO LOSE” PASOK is expected to be the main coalition partner for ND in a government that will include also Democratic Left party. PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos referred to a government of “shared responsibility,” suggesting he would like SYRIZA to join as well… > EUROGROUP STATEMENT According to an official announcement, “the Eurogroup takes note of the provisional results of the Greek elections on 17th June, which should allow for the formation of a government that will carry the support of the electorate to bring Greece back on a path of sustainable growth… |
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