* The new formation Independent Greeks, a crack party of
New Democracy, has only a few months and immediately took 10.60 percent
of the vote.
* The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) ranges from 7.54 percent to 8.48 percent.
worrying is the rise of the neo-fascist party Golden Dawn of a fringe movement suddenly 6.97 percent of the votes.
* Democratic Left finally, a splinter party of SYRIZA, who earlier in the
polls has been good, finally got only 6.11 percent of the vote.
The
other parties reached the threshold of 3 percent do not. 19 percent of
the total number of votes on Sunday, May 6, 2012 is released, these
small parties went. An important figure, which often is not
listed, the percentage of Greeks who are not going to vote. Despite the
fact that voting is not compulsory in Greece, is still around and at the
40 percent of people stayed home, which is historically high.
How
this percentage translates into seats in the Greek parliament? As said
there are 300 seats in the parliament. 250 shall be distributed
according to the usual analogy and the first party gets just a bonus of
50 seats on top. And thus you get a situation that is completely skewed.
- New Democracy Party wins 58 of the 250 seats and gets a sneak preview
party for another 50 on top. Result: more than a third of parliamentary
seats going to the party who was not even 20 percent of the vote;
- SYRIZA has 52 seats;
- PASOK has 41 seats and has more than 100 of his former MPs to send home;
- Independent Greeks get 33 seats;
- KKE has 26 people in parliament;
- Golden Dawn has 21 seats;
- And finally, the Democratic Left has 19 seats.
The emergence of left and a vote against the austerity
SYRIZA
is a winner off the bus came. A large part of the Greeks is left to
vote. The slogan of the party went to the polls, was "They decided
without us, we go on without them and that's exactly the signal that the
Greek electorate has given. SYRIZA president Alexis Tsipras held
Thursday before the election a well-attended political meeting at the
central Omonia Square in Athens. At his side stood the emblematic
Manolis Glezos, symbol of the Greek resistance against the German
invader during the Second World War.
Not coincidentally by a large
part of the Greeks learned that Germany currently occupying Greece
again, but in economic terms. The decision of the German Finance
Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU), last week showed there is little
doubt about understanding - he said that Greece would have to bear the
consequences if the people choose parties that do not comply with the
agreements reached with the Troika made.
Such statements have the
Greeks to the extremes of the political spectrum pushed, because no
sensible Greek accept such interference in Greek politics. Links
also seemed the sensible choice for a lot of people saw crumbling social
achievements over the past two years. CAOs were abolished, health is
priceless and expenditures in education are reduced.
The climate
was ripe, and yet the KKE did not benefit. The Communist Party has
barely one percent gains and the unwillingness to front to form a broad
left, has certainly to do with it. While the president of SYRIZA in his
campaign has said he wants to unite the left to counterbalance against
the economic policy, KKE leader Aleka Papriga dug. For her, the
turnaround can not not through the ballot box, but through a revolution.
The Greeks did it anyway prefer a swing through the voting booth,
apparently.
"KKE leader Aleka Papriga had entrenched themselves.
For her, the turnaround can not through the ballot box, but through a
revolution. The Greeks did it anyway prefer a swing through the ballot
box, as it turned out Sunday" Than all the Greeks suddenly become
left-wing? That's not exactly the case. Many people wanted to punish the
major parties and their dislike of the show gruesome saving policy.
People who has always voted for PASOK and New Democracy Party because
they have an interest in and were now their "interests" have lost see
you go, wanted to make sure that their voice went to a party that the
threshold would not make it, or who would not join a government.
Others
were not thinking straight after when they voted. They wanted to punish
the politicians. The vulgar populism of the neo-fascists who said that
they not only migrants from Greece will continue, but the thieving
politicians behind bars would be stabbing, could count on a lot of
votes. Unfortunately, the voters were not informed enough what they
voted exactly. There was clearly voted for punishment. Feel that
many big names of PASOK, which have emerged in central Athens, where the
party is referred to sixth place. A number of New Democracy MPs is not
re-elected. And the extreme right LAOS didn’t get even the threshold.
The
European partners are the Greek politicians in the neck. Everywhere is
said that the Greeks themselves have created a problem with this
election. It should be clear that this is not the result is that one
would have expected in Brussels.
In Greece itself provides the
results for a deadlock. By the system of bonus of 50 seats, one can not
do without for a New Democracy government. The other six parties will
never form a coalition. Coalition Governments are also virtually unknown
in Greece. The uneasy cooperation between PASOK and New Democracy is a
good sign.
Despite the rhetoric of recent weeks, these parties are
willing to go with each other and saving policy to continue, but not
without first re-negotiate with the troika on the terms of the drastic
savings.
But who wants that? SYRIZA has already said that they
only want a leftist government. KKE is certainly not easy, and there
remains only on the Democratic Left, that's not enough seats. PASOK is
no longer as 'links' seen.
On the right it looks not good. Between
Samaras of New Democracy and Panos Kammenos, leader of the Independent
Greeks, there is not a personal vendetta that they will be put aside to
work together to govern. That Golden Dawn will not be required for
participation in government, is obvious.
Format
ND party
leader Samaras was the first who has received a mandate to form a
government, as leader of the largest party. In Greece, a formateur three
days to a government on its feet. After a day he threw the towel in the
ring already.
Alexis Tsipras after him to try. If he fails to
form a government, it will turn to Evangelos Venizelos of PASOK. If that
also fails, then it is the President of the Republic to see if the
outgoing government continues to do its work, or that there is a
transitional government, with someone from Justice to the head.
Another
possibility is that there is again come elections. Possible date is
June 10. And as the state looks at this time, it may be that more people
will vote for SYRIZA, especially those who now voted for small parties,
who may no longer participate because they have not reached the
threshold. And maybe also another lot of protest votes of the
neo-fascists the other side can go up.
That voters will
still return to the two major parties of yesteryear, seems excluded. If
anything this crisis has produced, it is the end of this two party
system.
Based on the success of the first Matala Reunion festival organized by
author Arn Strohmeyer in 2011 to celebrate his book on Matala, local officials
have decided to make the "Hippie Reunion" an annual event.
