Tema destacado del Lunes, 17. Septiembre 2007

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Karamanlis survives fires

The conservative party New Democracy, led by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, came out on top of the legislative elections held in Greece on Sunday September 16th. This is an unexpected result as the government has been heavily criticised for its bad management of deadly fires last August in the Peloponnese.

To Ethnos - Grecia

For Georges Delastic, the daily's editorialist, this election is a "major defeat for the Pasok. The Greek socialist party is going through an unprecedented internal crisis. Greek citizens have re-elected the conservative government despite financial scandals and deadly fires last August. The Pasok is under shock. This historical party, which gave Greeks a new hope in 1981 thanks to Andreas Papandreou, now only gathers the disappointed. Some dared to vote for more conservative parties, such as the communist party which benefited from youthful votes following last year's student revolt. Others, such as the far-right, have gained access to Parliament for the first time. This latter factor is important, especially in the management of diplomatic relations with neighbours such as Macedonia and Turkey." (17/09/2007)

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Suiza

Cyrill Stieger analyses New Democracy's election victory. "It's obvious that the Karamanlis government's undisputed economic successes, such as sustained economic recovery, the reduction of the budget deficit and lowered unemployment, were honoured at the ballot box. For the majority of Greeks, Pasok, the main opposition socialist party, obviously wasn't a plausible alternative... Those who thought that August's forest fires, in which dozens of people died, would bring about a swing in the political scene were disappointed. What many Greeks are quite rightly bitter about is that no one has assumed responsibility and taken the appropriate steps - neither politicians nor the fire brigade. There are no investigations against anyone and no one has been brought to trial. Politicians are acting as if nothing out of the ordinary has happened." (17/09/2007)

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La Vanguardia - España

"Costas Karamanlis has shown that he is a fire-proof candidate", comments the Spanish daily. "Greece's parliamentary system is dominated by two big parties, the conservatives and the socialists. This scenario, which has been repeated over the decades, with the exception of the dictatorship [1967-73], is not new in Europe. What differentiates the Greek political system from its European partners is that the domination operated by the two parties is reinforced by the fact that the country has historically been governed by two dynasties, the Karamanlis on the right and the Papandreou on the left. And this has not changed. The only novelty in these elections is the fact the far-right Laos party has surpassed the 3% necessary to enter parliament where the Communist party hitherto represented the only other force." (17/09/2007)

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung - Alemania

"Greek politics has been dominated by three families for six decades: the Karamanlis, the Papandreous and the Mitsotakis," Michael Martens notes with disapproval. "Who stands for what in this southern European family clan saga?... Papandreou the Third is trying to discredit the government but he hasn't convinced enough voters. For his part, Karamanlis the Second will face unpleasant tasks after his election victory. During the first legislative period his main task was to deal with the gaping budget deficit left by the previous government. Over the coming years he must reform the country's dilapidated pension system. There are almost 200 pension fund companies in Greece; the taxi drivers, the rubbish collectors and the journalists all have their own, and many of them are inefficient. But even some of those who voted for him doubt Karamanlis will have the courage to introduce change and go down in Greek history as Costas the Reformer." (17/09/2007)

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