DOCSLIB.ORG

Survey: English

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Survey: English NATIONAL POST - ELECTION STUDY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF JUNE 17, 2012 (HELLENIC NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY / ELNES) & COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (CSES) Module 4 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Political Sciences Laboratory of Applied Political Research ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI - DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCES LABORATORY OF APPLIED POLITICAL RESEARCH Α1. ID COMPONENT - RESPONDENT WITHIN ELECTION STUDY ______________ Α2. INTERVIEWER WITHIN ELECTION STUDY ______________ Α3. INTERVIEWER GENDER 1. MALE 2. FEMALE 9. MISSING A4. INTERVIEW DATE A4a. DATE QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED - MONTH 01. JANUARY 02. FEBRUARY 03. MARCH 04. APRIL 05. MAY 06. JUNE 07. JULY 08. AUGUST 09. SEPTEMBER 10. OCTOBER 11. NOVEMBER 12. DECEMBER 99. MISSING A4b. DATE QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED - DAY ______________ 01-31. DAY 99. MISSING A4c. DATE QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED - YEAR ______________ 2011-2016. YEAR 9999. MISSING 1 ELNES E1. Would you say that during the governance of George Papandreou (2009-2011) the Hellenic economy has improved a lot, improved a little, remained the same, deteriorated a little, or deteriorated a lot ? 1. Improved a lot 2. Improved a little 3. Remained the same 4. Deteriorated a little 5. Deteriorated a lot 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES E2. Do you think that the economic crisis was MAINLY a result of the policies of the the PASOK government or not? 1. Yes 2. No 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES E3. Do you believe that a ND government would have been able to deal better with the Greek economy during the respective time period? 1. Yes 2. No 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES E4. The current coalition government of ND, PASOK, and DIMAR is dealing with the financial crisis better or worse compared to the Papandreou government? 1. Much better 2. A little better 3. More or less the same 4. A little worse 5. Much worse 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING 2 ELNES E5. During the last few years the economy is in recession. To what extent do you think that each one of the following could be held responsible for the appalling economic situation of the last couple of years? NOTES: ROTATE - START A ROTATION ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION LIST, WRITE DOWN THE INITIAL ROTATION STARTING POINT WITH AN “X”, CONTINUE READING THE LIST FROM THE STARTING POINT AND CONTINUE BELOW - READ ALL THE ELEMENTS ROTATE Not at all A little Somewhat A lot Totally REFUSED DON’T KNOW The Greek ELNES_ E5.1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 government The European ELNES_ E5.2 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 Union The international ELNES_ E5.3 economic 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 situation ELNES_ E5.4 The bank system 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 The integration of ELNES_ E5.5 the country in the 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 Euro zone The credit rating ELNES_ E5.7 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 agencies The German ELNES_ E5.8 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 government The International ELNES_ E5.9 Monetary Fund 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 (IMF) 88 - [DON’T KNOW] 99 - [MISSING] 3 ELNES E6. I will read to you some views about the economy. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following? Neither Totally Totally DON’T Disagree agree nor Agree REFUSED disagree agree KNOW disagree It was wrong of the PASOK ELNES_ E6.1 government to 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 accept the “Memorandum” The PASOK government should have managed to ELNES_ E6.2 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 secure better terms for the loan from the TROIKA We should have “burned the bond holders”, aka proceed to suspension of ELNES_ E6.3 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 payment of the bank debt instead of growing public debt We are all responsible for the economic ELNES_ E6.4 problems of 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 Greece as we all lived more than our capacity The state should offer economic aid to those ELNES_ E6.5 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 that face issues in paying their house mortgage 88 - [DON’T KNOW] 99 - [MISSING] 4 ELNES E7. Various different proposals exist on the reduction of the effects of the current financial crisis on the Greek economy. Please rank each one of the following alternatives based on the weight and importance that should be given to each of the following plans (first choice: highest importance, fourth choice: lowest importance) [CHOOSE ONE REPLY IN EVERY ROW] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th DON’T REFUSED choice choice choice choice KNOW An intervention from ELNES_ E7.1 international financial 1 2 3 4 7 8 institutions (eg. IMF) An intervention from the ELNES_ E7.2 1 2 3 4 7 8 European Union A common initiative from the national governments of the ELNES_ E7.3 1 2 3 4 7 8 member states of the European Union An autonomous initiative from ELNES_ E7.4 1 2 3 4 7 8 the Greek government 88 - [DON’T KNOW] 99 - [MISSING] 5 ELNES E8. Compared to 12 months ago, how is the current economic situation of Greece now? 1. Much better 2. A little better 3. Remained the same 4. A little worse 5. Much worse 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES E9. How is your personal economic condition compared to 12 months ago? 1. Much better 2. A little better 3. Remained the same 4. A little worse 5. Much worse 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES E10. In the 12 months to come, how do you think that the economic condition of Greece will emerge? 1. Much better 2. A little better 3. Remain the same 4. A little worse 5. Much worse 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES E11. In regards to your personal economic condition in the 12 months to come, how do you think that it will emerge? 1. Much better 2. A little better 3. Remain the same 4. A little worse 5. Much worse 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING 6 ELNES E12. To what extent to you worry - if you worry at all - that during 2012, you will find yourself in one of the following situations: DON’T A lot Somewhat A little Not at all REFUSED MISSING KNOW Not being able to pay ELNES_ E8.1 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 your household’s bills Having to reduce your ELNES_ E8.2 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 cost of living ELNES_ E8.3 Losing your job 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 Not being able to pay ELNES_ E8.4 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 your loan 88 - [DON’T KNOW] 99 - [MISSING] ELNES Α13. How much interest did you show for the pre-election period of the May and June 2012 national elections? Would you say that you were a lot, somewhat, a little, or not at all interested? 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES Α14. How much would you say that you are interested in politics? A lot, somewhat, a little, or not at all? 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING ELNES Α15. In general, would you say that the integration of Greece in the European Union is something positive, something negative, or something neither positive nor negative? 1. Something positive 2. Something negative 3. Neither positive nor negative 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON’T KNOW 9. MISSING 7 ELNES Α16. I will read to you a list of sentences. For each of the following sentences I would like you to tell me if you totally agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, totally disagree. NOTES: ROTATE - START A ROTATION ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION LIST, WRITE DOWN THE INITIAL ROTATION STARTING POINT WITH AN “X”, CONTINUE READING THE LIST FROM THE STARTING POINT AND CONTINUE BELOW - READ ALL THE ELEMENTS Neither Totally agree Totally DON’T ROTATE Agree Disagree REFUSED agree nor disagree KNOW disagree Stronger measures should be taken in regards to the ELNES_A16.1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 protection of the environment There should be total ELNES_A16.2 separation of the state 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 and the church Marriage between ELNES_A16.3 homosexuals should be 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 allowed by law The major public services ELNES_A16.4 and industries should 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 belong to the state The Hellenic culture is undermined by the ELNES_A16.5 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 presence of immigrants in Greece Citizens should have the right to disobey to laws of ELNES_A16.6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 the state that they consider unjust Parliamentary democracy is not able to face the ELNES_A16.7 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 contemporary issues of the Hellenic society The immigrants take the ELNES_A16.8 jobs of the locals in our 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 country Schools should teach ELNES_A16.9 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 children to obey to rules 8 ELNES Α17 Different views exist regarding the rules of a democratic conversation. To which of the following phrases to you find yourself closer, using the scale from 0 to 10? 0: During democratic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10: During democratic dialogue one should be dialogue one should able to interrupt the listen to each other other to promote the without interrupting aliveness of the and state his opinion conversation after taking into consideration what was previously mentioned ELNES Α18 Democratic dialogue could include confrontation, but could also include agreement among the participators.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Vigilantism and Security
    Vigilantism and security: State, violence and politics in Italy and Hungary By Manuel Mireanu Submitted to Central European University Doctoral School of Political Science and International Relations In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Supervisor: Dr. Xymena Kurowska Budapest, Hungary December, 2014 Statement I hereby declare that the thesis contains no materials accepted for other degrees in any other institutions. This thesis contains no materials previously written and/or published by another person, except where appropriate acknowledgement is made in the form of bibliographical reference. ii Abstract This thesis explores the relationship between the state and vigilante groups in two situations from Italy and Hungary. It asks the question of the possibility of successful security articulations that emerge from actors endowed with lower levels of social capital. Vigilantism is one such possible security practice. The practices of the vigilante groups that I look at cannot be fully captured if we focus on either state-centred security, or on socially dispersed security practices. Their practices are performed by agents with lower levels of securitising capital than state elites, but with sufficient legitimacy and capabilities to enact security successfully. These practices are not dispersed through ‘society’, but they are concentrated in groups and patrols with explicit programs, hierarchies and purposes. I argue that vigilante groups can practice security autonomously from the state – even if they have the state’s ‘blessing’. I argue that vigilantism is an instance of everyday security. Vigilantism illustrates practices of security with clear goals of providing services to a target audience. Vigilantism fulfils a security demand.
    [Show full text]
  • Pushbacks and Lack of Accountability at the Greek-Turkish Borders Roberto Cortinovis No
    Pushbacks and lack of accountability at the Greek-Turkish borders Roberto Cortinovis No. 2021-01, February 2021 Abstract Amid escalating geopolitical tension with Turkey, in March 2020 the Greek authorities announced a hardline approach towards asylum seekers attempting to cross its land and sea borders with Turkey. The framing of cross-border movements as a ‘threat’ to the country’s national security served to justify a derogation from the human rights standards and procedural guarantees that are granted to people seeking protection under EU law. Since then, a pattern of systematic pushbacks at the border and informal returns represents the most visible expression of this hardening of border policies at the EU’s south-eastern borders. This paper analyses the negative impact of this heavily securitised approach on asylum seekers’ fundamental rights, in particular its implications for the right to asylum that underpins the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The paper also reflects on the limits and ambiguities that have characterised the EU’s response to the situation at the Greek-Turkish borders, focusing on the role and responsibilities of the Frontex Agency. It underlines the need for the EU to remedy the shortcomings in existing accountability mechanisms, to guarantee effective remedies for victims of fundamental rights violations at the border. Establishing a sustainable human- rights-compliant management of migration in the eastern Mediterranean also requires that the EU move away from its focus on containing and restricting asylum seekers’ mobility – a focus that has characterised cooperation on migration and asylum with Turkey within the framework of the 2016 EU-Turkey Statement.
    [Show full text]
  • Download/Print the Study in PDF Format
    GENERAL ELECTIONS IN GREECE 6th May 2012 European Elections monitor Great Uncertainty just one Month before the next Greek General Elections Corinne Deloy (with Stellina Galitopoulou) On 31st October last Prime Minister George Papandreou (Panhellenic Socialist Movement, PASOK) announced the organisation of a referendum on the rescue plan for Greece approved by the Euro- Analysis pean Union on 27th October in Brussels. The latter aimed to help Greece pay off its debts but obliged 1 month before the country to submit to economic supervision and to implement a stricter austerity regime. The the poll announcement was the source of stupor and indignation in Greece and across all of Europe – it sent the European, American and Asian stock exchanges into disarray and surprised the financial markets. “It’s suicide”, declared Michalis Matsourakis, chief economist at the Greek Alpha Bank, who perceived an attempt on the part of George Papandreou to break out of his solitude and the political crisis that was undermining the country as he pushed the opposition parties, which until now had categorically refused to support the strict austerity measures taken by the government, to adopt a position on the European plan, in order to calm the social protest movement that went together with a sharp decline in living standards. The Prime Minister, who was finding it increasingly difficult to find support within his own socialist party and the ministers of his government, had already suggested to the opposition that they create an alliance in the shape of a government coalition in June 2011. The right however, rejected this proposal.
    [Show full text]
  • Tidningsartiklar Om Utrikes Förhållanden 12 Juni
    Dagens Nyheter har ett brett utbud, har många medarbetere och är Sven Wimnell 10 september 2015: Sveriges största morgontidning. Den har sedan många år nästan mono- Tidningsartiklar om utrikes förhållanden pol på debattartiklar. Genom att inte ta med artiklar från andra tid- ningar missar man en del, men Dagens Nyheter har ändå så mycket att 12 juni - 24 juli 2015. det kan räcka. Ibland kan tidningen ha för stark borgerlig vinkling, men är mestadels tämligen neutral. http://wimnell.com/omr36-39zzzf.pdf I två dokument citeras tidningsartiklar i Dagens Nyheter under perio- den 12 juni - 24 juli 2015, Perioden är viktig i både världshistorien och svenska historien. Artiklarna ligger i ett dokument för utrikes förhål- landen och ett för inrikes förhållanden. Några ariklar kan ha hamnat i fel kategori. Artiklarna är hämtade från tidningens digitala versioner och är här återgivna i stilformatet Times med rubriker i storlek 18 och övrig text i storlek 12. Denna gång är artiklarna inte redigerade så att de blir snygga utan är av tidsskäl återgivna i det skick de kommer i vid kopieringen från tidningen. Artiklarna är huvudsakligen hämtade från tidningens avdelningar för ledare och utländska medarbetare, debattartiklar, nyheter, världen, ekonomi, kultur och Stockholm. De kan vara med för att de innehåller bra eller avskräckande politik. De är både för många och för få. Det har gällt att ge en bild av situationen i världen och ge bild av situatio- nen i Sverige. Artiklarna från avdelningara kultur och Stockholm är ofta av enklare slag för att belysa svenskarnas tycken. Artiklara är angivna i kronologisk ordning, att ordna dem efter politikområden hade tagit för lång tid.
    [Show full text]
  • The Networks and Narratives of Anti-Refugee Disinformation in Europe About This Report
    The networks and narratives of anti-refugee disinformation in Europe About This Report This report provides a snapshot of the different online communities involved in the promotion of hate and disinformation targeting refugees and the migration sector in 2020. It looks at networks of accounts in Greek, German and English language, and provides an overview of the narratives employed in anti-refugee disinformation and the dynamics which drive this activity online. Beirut Berlin London Paris Washington DC Copyright © Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2021). Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) is a company limited by guarantee, registered office address PO Box 75769, London, SW1P 9ER. ISD is registered in England with company registration number 06581421 and registered charity number 1141069. All Rights Reserved. The research for this report was supported by a grant from Open Society Foundations. www.isdglobal.org The networks and narratives of anti-refugee disinformation in Europe 3 Executive Summary This report represents the findings of a study exploring digital manipulation around the refugee crisis throughout 2020. It seeks to outline the different online networks associated with anti-refugee disinformation and hatred in the Greek, German, and English languages, and the key narratives deployed by these networks. It is grounded in a network-first approach to analysis, exploring networks of accounts mentioning and being mentioned by social media channels identified as promoting anti-refugee disinformation and hatred. Through this approach we identified a network of nearly 5,000 accounts associated with anti- refugee disinformation and hatred in Greek, German and English language, producing over 280,000 messages in 2020.
    [Show full text]
  • MWG Paper 5 May 2010
    1 Georgia Mavrodi European University Institute SPS Department [email protected] Top-down, bottom-up, and from the sides: the Europeanisation of Greek policies of immigration and its limits Migration Working Group, EUI, 5 May 2010 © Georgia Mavrodi 2010. Please do not cite or quote 1 Table of contents I. Introduction………………………………………………………………...….2 II. Greek immigration policy developments, 1990 – 2005……………….5 III. The “Europeanization” of Greek immigration policy across domestic institutions…………………………………………………………………..…9 i. Domestic policy legacies ……....................9 ii. The Executive ………………………………11 iii. The Parliament……………………………..19 iv. The Courts………………………………… 23 IV. Concluding remarks: what can we learn from the Europeanisation of the Greek immigration policy? …......................................……………….....28 References....………………………………………………………………...…30 Annex……………………………………………………………………..…....35 2 Introduction The recent debates concerning the declining role of the sovereign state in defining and formulating immigration policy has been significantly enhanced by the developing European integration process and its implications for migration and immigration policy in the member-states, in the accession states, and in the periphery of the enlarged EU. In the public, media, and academic discourses, immigration legislation and policy practices in the EU member states since 1990 have been often attributed to the impact of “Europe”, namely to the effects that the process of European integration may induce on national policies. These
    [Show full text]
  • University of Plymouth
    MARITIME POLICY AND THE SUCCESS OF NATIONS THE CASE OF GREEK-FLAGGED OCEAN SHIPPING by KATERINA KONSTA A study submitted to the University of Plymouth in partial fulfilment for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSHOPHY Graduate School of Management, Faculty of Business August 2017 Copyright Statement This copy of the study has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognize that its copyright rests with its author and that no quotation from the study and no information derived from it may be published without the author’s prior consent. ii MARITIME POLICY AND THE SUCCESS OF NATIONS THE CASE OF GREEK-FLAGGED OCEAN SHIPPING by KATERINA KONSTA A study submitted to the University of Plymouth in partial fulfilment for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSHOPHY Graduate School of Management, Faculty of Business August 2017 iii Dedicated to my husband Nikos Koliniatis, our beautiful daughter Tina, and our four-legged children Hera, Leon, and Lola Αφιερωμένο στον άντρα μου Νίκο Κολινιάτη, στην όμορφη κόρη μας Τίνα, και στα τετράποδα παιδιά μας Ήρα, Λέων, και Λόλα iv Acknowledgments There are numerous people without whom the completion of this thesis would never have been achievable. They have contributed in a myriad number of ways and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their selfless moral support and generous intellectual input over the duration of this work. I would like to thank my husband Nikos Koliniatis and my beautiful daughter Tina Koliniatis for their unwavering love, as well as Hera, Leon and Lola. They are my world, and I want to devote this work to them.
    [Show full text]
  • Report to the Greek Government on the Visit to Greece Carried out By
    CPT/Inf (2020) 35 Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 13 to 17 March 2020 The Greek Government has requested the publication of this report and of its response. The Government’s response is set out in document CPT/Inf (2020) 36. Strasbourg, 19 November 2020 - 2 - CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 3 A. Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation .............................................................. 3 B. List of establishments visited by the CPT’s delegation ......................................................... 3 C. Context of the visit .................................................................................................................... 4 D. Consultations held and cooperation encountered ................................................................. 5 E. Immediate observations under Article 8, paragraph 5, of the Convention......................... 6 II. FACTS FOUND DURING THE VISIT AND ACTION PROPOSED ................................ 7 A. Foreign nationals deprived of their liberty under aliens’ legislation ................................... 7 1. Preliminary remarks .......................................................................................................... 7 a. Background .............................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Reporte Diario Machote4
    DIARIO DE MERCADOS INTERNACIONALES Importante: Este reporte no constituye oferta pública de valores. Ver la página 3 para información relevante sobre los alcances de este reporte. 21-Mar-12 Noticias Grecia nombra nuevo ministro de Finanzas. El actual viceministro de Finanzas de Grecia, Filippos Sachinidis, fue designado el miércoles como nuevo responsable de esa cartera, después de que el titular dimitiera para liderar al Partido Socialista en las elecciones generales, dijo la oficina del primer ministro. "Por decisión del primer ministro Lucas Papademos, Filippos Sachinidis es nombrado ministro de Finanzas", confirmó la oficina del primer ministro. Sachinidis, de 49 años, reemplaza a Evangelos Venizelos, quien renunció el lunes para encabezar a su partido, el socialista PASOK, en las elecciones previstas para fines de abril o principios de mayo. Dado que las negociaciones sobre el segundo rescate de la UE y el FMI se completaron a principios de mes, Sachinidis, de 49 años, será ministro de Economía apenas unas semanas, ya que habrá elecciones parlamentarias de finales de abril o principios de mayo. Sachinidis fue viceministro de Finanzas en la coalición de Gobierno que encabezaba Papademos desde noviembre. Con un doctorado en economía en la Universidad de Manchester, Sachinidis trabajó como asesor en la oficina de economía del primer ministro Costas Simitis (2000‐2004). Acciones EEUU abren estables, Oracle sube. Las acciones de Estados Unidos abrieron estables el miércoles porque los inversionistas están a la espera de un dato clave para la industria inmobiliaria. Las acciones de Oracle Corp subían un 3,2 por ciento a 31,09 dólares, luego de que la firma superó las estimaciones del mercado con sus ventas trimestrales.
    [Show full text]
  • Hellenic Observatory
    HELLENIC OBSERVATORY NEWSLETTER 2019-2020 Issue 18 2019-20 Newsletter EDITORIAL In reading this Newsletter, I hope, like me, The visits and downloads from our webpages you will appreciate the remarkable range show the Observatory’s international profile, and value of activities promoted by the which incorporates significant activity from Hellenic Observatory. the USA, China, Australia, and Canada, for example. We are a small team in the Observatory, but we have a disproportionate impact. This is We were delighted that the LSE’s Director, because we have a highly dedicated team, Dame Minouche Shafik, came with us to serving the mission of the Observatory. And Athens and Cyprus to show the School’s I thank them here for their commitment support for the future of the Hellenic and professionalism. But the Observatory’s Observatory. She very much enjoyed impact is also due to the strategy and meeting our alumni and partners – as have operating model we have carefully set and her predecessors. developed, in collaboration with our valued partners. We are also pleased to join ‘LSE Cities’ in their new venture – ‘LSE Athens Urban Age Because of these factors, we can effectively Taskforce’ – launched with the Mayor of fulfil our core mission: to enhance the Athens. This important platform will bring understanding of contemporary Greece and together policy experts from around the Cyprus, via high quality research and serious world to share and discuss the challenges public discussion. We produce, facilitate, and faced by the City of Athens. engage – connecting our own work with partners in the UK, Greece and Cyprus – to Last December, Ismini Demades decided create a larger collaborative network.
    [Show full text]
  • After a Decade of Crisis, Greek Politics Are Turning Normal and More Technocratic
    The Washington Post Monkey Cage Analysis After a decade of crisis, Greek politics are turning normal and more technocratic The election seems to have consolidated competition. By Harris Mylonas July 14 Greek voters just elected the first government in which a single party won a parliamentary majority since the economic crisis began in 2010. On July 7, a little fewer than 6 million people voted in more than 21,000 polling stations to elect the 300 members of the Greek parliament and install a new government. Twenty parties ran; only six of them got more than 3 percent of the vote, which is the threshold required to place a member in parliament. Here’s what happened So, who won? It was New Democracy’s leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the son of former prime minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis, who served from 1990 to 1993, and the brother of former New Democracy minister and former mayor of Athens Dora Bakoyanni. Mitsotakis managed to bring the party back to power after a difficult decade, with an impressive 39.85 percent of the vote and 158 seats in a 300-member parliament. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, leader of the leftist Syriza party, lost, but he managed to keep his party’s vote share above 31.53 percent. As a result, New Democracy got a smaller lead than it had in last month’s European Union parliament elections, contrary to expectations. This result fortified his place at the helm of the main opposition party. Together, the two top parties received more than 70 percent of the vote.
    [Show full text]
  • Greek Workers Plunged Into Social Misery
    Greek workers plunged into social misery By Robert Stevens Region: Europe Global Research, September 15, 2011 Theme: Poverty & Social Inequality World Socialist Web Site 15 September 2011 With Greece verging on a default of its debt of around €330 billion, and facing a forced exit from the eurozone, the PASOK government of Prime Minister George Papandreou is escalating its austerity programme against an already pauperised population. Since its election in October 2009, PASOK has initiated a social counter-revolution, destroying the living standards of the working class. Unemployment reached an official level of 16 percent (800,000 people) in June and is in reality nearer 30 percent. It is set to rocket further as the government plans to eliminate as many as 120,000 public-sector jobs through sackings or lay-offs on reduced wages for up to a year. On Monday, the government announced that 3,500 employees from 151 public utilities and state enterprises will enter a “labour reserve pool” and will receive a level of pay that is just over the amount paid in unemployment benefit. On Saturday, Papandreou used the prime minister’s annual speech on the economy at the Thessaloniki Annual International Fair to confirm that thousands of civil servants will lose their jobs and thousands more have their salaries cut. The measures had been decided last week in cabinet, on the basis that Greek access to the latest tranche of the International Monetary Fund‘s (IMF) second €109 billion loan is conditional on ever deeper austerity measures. An International Monetary Fund/European Union (EU) delegation visited Greece, Wednesday, in order to assess whether to authorise the sixth loan payment of €8 billion.
    [Show full text]