Europe
Greece eyes new vote as PM to seek absolute majority
4 years agoPrime Minister and New Democracy party's leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis celebrates with his supporters after his party's victory in elections in Athens, on May 21, 2023. - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservatives scored a resounding but indecisive victory in Sunday's election, early results showed. With a third of polling stations accounted for, the New Democracy party had an 21-point lead over its nearest rival, but failed to muster enough support for an outright victory. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
A day after national elections failed to produce a single-party government, Greece on Monday was bracing for a new ballot which vote-winner Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' party is poised to seek in order to govern alone.
