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Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:44 pm
by GreecePwns
I think this merits a second thread, because we are soon going to be heading to elections once again.

Just last week, the Prime Minister announced that the state news broadcaster ERT would be shut down immediately, with all employees of the organization fired. He did so without consulting with Parliament or the leaders of the other two parties which joined him in government (PASOK and Democratic Left). Democratic Left today announced that they are quitting the government (Edit: English link here). That leaves the situation as such:

New Democracy (conservative/center-right) 125 seats
PASOK (Panhellenic "Socialist" Movement) (social democratic/center-left) 24 seats
Total seats for Government: 149 seats

SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) (range from democratic socialist to communist) 75 seats
Independent Greeks (nationalist conservative) 20 seats
Golden Dawn (fascist) 18 seats
Democratic Left (democratic socialist) 17 seats
KKE (Communist Party of Greece) 12 seats

With 14 independents who were expelled from the government parties for not voting for the bailout measures.

Polling at just under the 3 percent threshold are the Greens and the communist party Plan B.

The minority government, of which 140 seats are required to be allowed to exist, means there could be elections at any moment a majority vote occurs. However while Democratic Left have quit the government they do not support new elections at the moment.

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:52 pm
by GreecePwns
As for the opinion polls, they look like this:

SYRIZA 28.25% (125 seats)
New Democracy 28% (74 seats)
Golden Dawn 12.75% (34 seats)
PASOK 6.75% (18 seats)
Independent Greeks 6.75% (18 seats)
KKE 6.5% (17 seats)
Democratic Left 4.5% (12 seats)

Potential government scenarios with SYRIZA win: SYRIZA + KKE + Democratic Left, SYRIZA + KKE + Plan B if they get over 3%

Potential government scenarios with New Democracy win: New Democracy + PASOK minority government

Probable scenario at this point: more than one election will be needed

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:53 pm
by Serbia
GreecePwns wrote:SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) (range from democratic socialist to communist) 75 seats


You can't elect the Syrians to run Greece! Look how they're running Syria! rabble rabble rabble

Bollocks.

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:33 pm
by BigBallinStalin
Good! I missed this kind of thread.

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:12 pm
by DoomYoshi
This is the GOLDEN DAWN of the Age of Aquarius!

Definitely vote for them.

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:39 am
by thegreekdog
What's the percentage of citizens who vote in Greece?

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:23 pm
by AndyDufresne
thegreekdog wrote:What's the percentage of citizens who vote in Greece?

According to Wikipedia and the Ministry of Interior, using the Summary of the 17 June 2012 Hellenic Parliament election results as a sample:

Total electorate and voter turnout 9,947,876 | 62.49 %


Do these numbers jive with you, greecepwns?


--Andy

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:17 pm
by waauw
what are the opinions of all these parties towards the eurozone?

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:45 am
by GreecePwns
waauw wrote:what are the opinions of all these parties towards the eurozone?

New Democracy, PASOK, Democratic Left all favor the Eurozone membership. Syriza is a coalition with some for and some against, the rest are against.

Re: Greek Government Deathwatch/Election Countdown Thread II

PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:46 am
by GreecePwns
AndyDufresne wrote:
thegreekdog wrote:What's the percentage of citizens who vote in Greece?

According to Wikipedia and the Ministry of Interior, using the Summary of the 17 June 2012 Hellenic Parliament election results as a sample:

Total electorate and voter turnout 9,947,876 | 62.49 %


Do these numbers jive with you, greecepwns?


--Andy

Yep those are the official numbers.