Greece: Papandreou's New Party Could Swing the Vote; 2015 Greek Elections Drama

Clever tactics  (Greek Reporter)

"In addition, according to the Financial Times, a recent poll showed that Papandreou’s party will gather around 4-5% in the upcoming elections. It is expected to attract several SYRIZA and PASOK voters, thus helping New Democracy take the lead"

Financial Times

"One opinion poll published last week suggested Mr Papandreou’s group could win 4-5 per cent of the vote, taking a small but critical percentage from the current frontrunner, the hard-left Syriza party. If so, that could hand victory to the centre-right New Democracy party of premier Antonis Samaras".

Kathimerini

"Papandreou said the his party would be called the Movement of Democratic Socialists. If the former PASOK leader’s new grouping is able to gain more than 3 percent in the polls in three weeks’ time, he might gain enough seats in Parliament to have a say in the formation of the next government".

BBC

"The German government expects Greece to uphold the terms of its international bailout agreement, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. But spokesman Georg Streiter declined to comment on reports that Berlin is now content that eurozone could withstand Greece's exit from the bloc".

Germany accused of interfering in Greek politics (Euronews)

"Bernd Riexinger, chairman of the Left Party was highly critical of the reported comments from the chancellor:

'I believe an attempt to influence the election in Greece is being made here which is totally inappropriate. The Greek people must decide, and if they decide to elect Syriza, then it is a decision that must be respected.' "

No Change in Germany's Stance (Kathimerini)

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European banks exposure (Reuters)

Cultural differences (Protagon)

The main dilemma (To Vima)

Yanis Varoufakis (in German)

BBC again Gavin Hewitt, The 2015 Greek euro drama

A bluff? (Kathimerini)