Are you one of Greece’s 9.8 million voters? We want to hear your hopes and fears for the future of the country. What is the best possible outcome – and what’s the worst?
Greece will vote for one of eight political parties on Sunday in what will be a very closely watched election. There are two clear favourites. Alexis Tsipras’ radical left Syriza party – an alliance of Marxists, socialists, Maoists, Trotskyists and greens – has seen its popularity soar in recent weeks. Its anti-austerity promises, either through debt forgiveness inside the euro or a debt-free life, are proving popular. On Tuesday, the University of Macedonia’s poll put it 6.5 percentage points ahead of the ruling centre-right New Democracy party.
Antonis Samaras, the incumbent prime minister, is committed to pleasing creditors, staying in the single currency and ensuring that Greece “is not turned into a communist state” by Syriza. But the harsh austerity measures adopted after 2010’s record $240bn bailout have left 3 million living on or below the poverty line and an absent welfare state; many voters are hungry for change.
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