Blog: This month’s elections will underline the fundamental changes to the Greek party system that have occurred since the crisis

Greece will hold parliamentary elections on 25 January 2015, which were called after the incumbent government, led by Antonis Samaras, failed to elect a new President in December 2014.

Nikoleta Kiapidou assesses the lead up to the vote, and the contest between Samaras’ New Democracy and the radical-left Syriza to be the largest party in the Greek parliament. She writes that regardless of which party comes out on top, the elections will underline the fundamental changes to competition within the Greek party system which have occurred since the beginning of the country’s debt crisis.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Greek legislative election, 25 January 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-legislative-election-25-january-2015/

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