Greek PM Alexis Tsipras called conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to congratulate him on his victory in general elections, an opposition party official said. More:
ATHENS - Greece’s opposition conservatives were on track to return to power by a landslide on Sunday, exit polls suggested, unseating incumbent leftists blamed for pushing the crisis-hit country further into debt.
“Greece has signaled to Europe that it is time to put populism behind us,” said Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou, a senior lawmaker with New Democracy. Incumbent Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed up to the latest, in 2015, in return for potential debt relief.“The basic reason is the economy,” said analyst Theodore Couloumbis. “In the past 4.5 years people saw no improvement, on the contrary there were cutbacks in salaries and pensions,” he said.
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