Legislative elections will be held in Greece on May 21, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday.
“The country and its citizens need clear horizons,” Mitsotakis told the cabinet. “National elections…will be held on Sunday 21 May,” he said.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm.
But a deadly rail disaster last month as well as runaway inflation that has left many people struggling to pay their bills has stirred public anger, and helped to erode his New Democracy Party’s lead over the opposition leftist party Syriza.
