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Parliament Dissolved; New Elections On June 17
thestate.com 1 week, 5 days agoPresident Karolos Papoulias has dissolved the Parliament elected on May 6 and set a new election date for June 17. The presidential decree dissolving the Parliament and calling for a new election has been posted outside the Parliament, which convened Thursday and held just two sessions, making it the shortest in recent Greek history. Elections on May 6 produced a hung parliament, with the winner, conservative New Democracy, winning just 18.85 percent of the popular vote, its lowest ever, and electing 108 de
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Final Polls Show Irish Set To Pass Referendum
yahoo.com 5 days, 2 hours agoDUBLIN (Reuters) - Final opinion polls show that Irish voters are likely to give the green light to the European Union's new fiscal treaty, with the 'Yes' campaign leading comfortably ahead of the referendum on Thursday. Ireland will hold what is likely to be the only popular vote on the so-called "fiscal compact", a German-inspired pact for stricter budget discipline. The 'Yes' campaign, supported by the three largest political parties who have warned a rejection would undermine the country's position in t
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