European Eections in Greece: Rehearsal before the Decisive Battle

Abstract

In 2019 the Hellenic Republic enters a new election cycle, which will largely determine its political development for at least the next four years. In Greece, the European elections, no matter how important they are for European politics, are considered primarily as a rehearsal for the national parliamentary ballot. Though the campaign’s frontrunner (the center-right «New Democracy») has long been determined, the intrigue still remains. The main issues of concern are whether SYRIZA, despite its decline in popularity, is capable to unite the left political spectrum, what are the political prospects of small parliamentary parties and how likely is a return to the twoparty system similar to the one that functioned until 2012.

Keywords

• : greece
• political parties
• elections
• european parliament
• nationalism
• populism
• left radicalism