The Greeks voted Sunday for parliamentary crucial for them but also for Europe. Syriza radical left party vows to fight drastic austerity rules imposed on Greece since the crisis looks set to far outweigh New Democracy Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
Understanding legislative issues
“How does the election?
” When the results should fall?
“Syriza can he win an absolute majority?
“What Syriza promises?
” How can react Troika?
“And Golden Dawn in there?
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9:40 p.m.. Outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras admits defeat. He called to congratulate Alexis Tsipras. “I leave a country without deficits, a member of the euro and the European Union. I hope that the next government will continue on this path, “ he said in his speech. “I have a clear conscience.”
21:30. PASOK, the great socialist education today total electoral rout with about 5% of the vote fécilite Syriza.
9:20 p.m.. 40% of the ballots now despoiled. This gives 148 seats and 35.8% for Syriza, according to projections of the Ministry of Interior.
21 hours. In Athens, Alexis Tsipras prepares for a speech to the University. The crowd gathered to wait.
8:50 p.m.. The Interior Ministry reports its first results. 30% of ballots counted, Syriza is 35.5%, New Democracy 28.8%. The gap thus tightening. Golden Dawn would come third in front Potami.
20:30. Syriza could get 150 seats, one less than what he needs to win the majority. The precise result could only fall into the night.
7:40 p.m.. “The Greek election finally opened a breach in the Liberal glazes. [...] We need to help Greece, but we also need to invite him to not fall into the traditional left trap, “ called Cecile Duflot. Read the rest of its platform.
19.30. The exit polls continue to give ten points ahead to Syriza.
7:20 p.m.. “This historic victory sends a message that concerns not only the Greeks, but all the peoples of Europe” says SYRIZA spokesman Panos Skourletis, on Greek channel Mega. “This is a great relief for Europeans. The only outstanding issue is the extent of the victory. “
7:10 p.m.. Benoît Hamon starts tweeter Greek:
6:55 p.m.. Jean Quatremer, our correspondent in Brussels and author of a recent book on Greece, calls for caution. Read tomorrow in Libération, his analysis.
18.50. Supporters of SYRIZA in Thessaloniki:
(Photo Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters)
6:40 p.m.. “! The won hope,” the account tweeted SYRIZA:
6:15 p.m.. If the polls exit polls are confirmed by the results, Syriza would win between 148 and 154 seats in parliament, knowing that it takes him 151 for an absolute majority. Again, these are not the final results. The first official estimates should fall within two hours. The other unknown is on 3rd place: Golden Dawn or the new center-left party Potami? Both are credited with 6% to 8%, or between 16 and 20 seats.
6:10 p.m.. At HQ SYRIZA in Athens at announcement of the first exit polls.
(Photo Marko Djurica. Reuters)
6:05 p.m.. For Mélenchon is already won.
Coming on Libération.fr, text Cécile Duflot in response to Jean-Luc Mélenchon about Greece.
18 hours. stations close to Greece. The first exit polls begin to fall, giving away win Syriza 35.5% and 39.5% of the vote, against 23% to 27% for New Democracy. Prudence, these are not the official results. If the score is confirmed in the evening, Syriza can expect absolute majority.
5:45 p.m.. A quarter of an hour of the first estimates, the Excitement builds HQ SYRIZA in Athens.
17 hours. In the center of the capital, the Greeks gather to follow all the results, reports our special correspondent on the spot, Maria Malagardis.
13 hours. A Chania, Crete, Stavros Theodorakis has voted. he is the founder of the young party To Potami (River), which brought together 6.6% of votes in the European May, sending two deputies (out of 21) in the European Parliament. River rather center-left, very pro-European, could serve as backup to a coalition, whether led by Syriza or New Democracy.
Stavros Theodorakis, right. (Photo Giorgos Papanikolaou. Reuters.)
11 hours. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the conservative New Democracy party, has voted him in Pylos in the Peloponnese. “Today, we decide whether we go or we go into the unknown,” he said. Ahead in the polls by SYRIZA, New Democracy plays the card of chaos and national disunity if Syriza wins. Samaras is paying the unpopularity of its rigor and several political policy missteps, such as having reached out to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn.
(Photo Nikitas Kotsiaris. Reuters)
10 hours. Alexis Tsipras vote in Athens, in the neighborhood of Kypseli. “The common future of Europe is not one of austerity,” says t- after he cast her ballot. “Today, we decide if tomorrow the troika will return to Greece [...] or if the country will embark on a difficult negotiation for the return of dignity and social cohesion. ” Read his portrait in Libération.
(Alkis Konstantinidis photo. Reuters)
The stakes legislative
How does the election?
This is a single ballot. The Greeks elect 300 deputies by proportional representation called enhanced 238 will be in fifty districts of the country, and twelve, usually celebrities, will be from “State List”, which country do dispense. First come party has a 50-seat bonus to choose from the following list.
When the results should fall?
Offices Voting closes at 18 hours French time (19 hours in Greece). We will then have a quick first comprehensive picture of the results. The first official projections should be available at 20:30 French time. The results will be refined during the evening. Everything will depend on the gap between Syriza and other parties.
Syriza can he win an absolute majority?
This is the challenge for the party Alexis Tsipras. He would need both 36% of the vote (which is playable but not guaranteed given the polls) and that 12% of voters vote for parties that do not come to the parliament because they will have collected less than 3% each. If Syriza wins an absolute majority, Alexis Tsipras would automatically become Prime Minister. Otherwise, opens a period of negotiations with other parties. In case of failure of the three parties came face to form a government, the Greeks will have to return to the polls in March.
What Syriza promises?
In the end the austerity that Greeks asphyxiation. The party has pledged to raise the minimum wage from 580 to 751 euros, to raise the tax threshold to 12,000 euros per year, to restore the 13th month pension for lower pensions to 700 euros, to provide electricity coupons and supply 300 000 households at least, to protect the main housing foreclosures, ensure access to free care to remove the tax on heating oil, or to increase the number of beneficiaries of the unemployment insurance. The whole program, beyond the single plane “emergency” is estimated at 12 billion euros that Syriza expect to find by reducing the debt repayment, fighting against tax evasion and smuggling, and reallocating EU funds.
Can Greece leave the euro?
For Syriza, it does not matter.
How can react Troika?
The reduction of part of the colossal Greek debt, any slippage in public finances and the questioning of certain laws imposed by the troika (EU-ECB-IMF), as flexible labor market, could constitute casus belli between Athens and its creditors. For now, Brussels plays temperance.
And Golden Dawn in there?
Despite the trial that awaits dozens of its members to ” membership of a criminal organization, “and imprisonment of seven of its 16 members, including the leaders of the party, the violently anti-immigration party could remain the third country’s political training.
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