(27 May 2019) Greeks on Monday had mixed feelings about the results of Sunday's elections and the call for snap general elections prompted by the governing Syriza party's defeat in the European Parliament polls.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he will visit the Greek president to request the early dissolution of parliament after the second round of local and regional elections on June 2.
This puts the election date at June 30 at the earliest.
The result is a resounding defeat for a party that rose to prominence in 2015 on promises of repealing austerity imposed during Greece's international bailout, but ended up imposing more.
Official results from 75% of the vote on Monday showed the conservative New Democracy party more than 9.5 percentage points ahead of Syriza, with 33.26 percent, compared to the governing party's 23.75 percent.
New Democracy also stands to make important gains in the second round of the local and regional elections next Sunday.

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