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...government is struggling to cope with a plague of scandals and an economic slowdown that threaten its slim one-seat majority in Parliament. "For the past five years, Greek citizens have realized that they live in an insecure environment, both socially and financially," said center-left opposition leader George Papandreou. "We must address responsibly the deeper causes of these phenomena." (See pictures of the recent riots in Belgrade...
...Papandreou's Back Greek voters returned Socialist Andreas Papandreou to power as Prime Minister four years after scandal drove the 74-year-old politician from the same office. He immediately reversed plans made by his conservative predecessor, Constantine Mitsotakis, to privatize large swaths of the Greek economy. Papandreou appointed his wife Dimitra to a top advisory position...
...ANDREAS PAPANDREOU Prime Minister of Greece Wilderness years: 1989 to last week Reasons for losing office: Banking scandals; marital scandal involving a stewardess...
...people have decided," Papandreou said in a concession speech six hours after initial polls predicted his defeat. "PASOK waged a strong fight but it didn't manage to win." Minutes later, a beaming Karamanlis, 51 and of noted political pedigree, arrived at the central election headquarters, claiming a victory he described as "a strong mandate for a new and more dynamic beginning," setting off a storm of celebrations that eclipsed weeks of grief - and anger - that swelled from a deadly spate of forest fires that killed 65 people and left much of the country ravaged...
...Capturing 152 seats in parliament - 13 fewer that those held by conservatives in their first term - Karamanlis promised to press ahead with much-needed reforms. He also pledged to assist thousands of fire victims, shunning mention of Papandreou, who billed the vote "a referendum on the right" at the end of a month-long campaign. Karamanlis also made no mention of Georgios Karatzaferis, the leader of the Popular Orthodox Rally, or LAOS, that won over 3% of the vote, becoming the first far-right populist party to enter the Greek parliament since the tumultuous fall of a military junta...