Early elections battle kicks off in Greece

GREECE

The signing of president’s decree officially kicked off the early elections campaign in Greece.

The two biggest political parties started their elections battle.

Leaders of the New Democracy and PASOK – Kostas Karamanlis and George Papandreou, respectively, agreed to organize TV debates in parallel to the elections campaigns, inviting the smaller parties, too.

At the first meeting of the Early Elections Commission held yesterday, Karamanlis expressed his confidence that the elections battle “can and will be won”.
The first statements made by the rest of the political leaders were analogical, Naftemporiki comments.