Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is calling for a new election, after his conservative party, New Democracy, scored a big victory Sunday but fell short of winning an outright majority. Mitsotakis said today he will reject the opportunity to form a coalition government, which would set up a second vote at the end of June.
If you’re looking for more context on this matter, please consider Harris Mylonas, associate professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University. His work contributes to our understanding of states’ management of diversity that may originate from national minorities, immigrants, diasporas, or refugees. He is particularly interested in the role of decision makers’ perceptions about foreign involvement in their domestic affairs and the impact these perceptions have on the planning and implementation of state policies. Mylonas has been following the latest developments coming out of Greece’s elections and political processes.
In a recent interview with CNN, Mylonas shared his thoughts on what a second term might look like for Prime Minister Mitsotakis. He also discussed how he sees the runoff playing out, as new voting rules will be in place.
“Victory or not will only be given by the voters so I think the point we can make is that if New Democracy manages to have a similar percentage on June 25th, which I think is going to be the next election date, then it would have a new electoral law that would go into effect for this election. New Democracy will have sufficient seats in the parliament to rule, to form a one-party-government, which has always been its goal. Prime Minister Mitsotakis was very clear that that was the goal from the get-go,” Mylonas told CNN.
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