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June 26, 2023

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Reelected as Syriza Falls Short and Far-Right Makes Gains
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In Greece, conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is
celebrating reelection after his New Democracy party won over 40% of
votes in Sunday's runoff election. The leftist opposition party, Syriza,
came in a distant second with just 20% of the vote. A newly created
far-right party known as the Spartans took almost 5%, surpassing the 3%
threshold to enter Parliament. Mitsotakis came to power in 2019 after an
anti-immigrant hate campaign in which he pledged to block the arrival of
asylum seekers on Greek shores.


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