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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8661

9 March 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/greece
Nea Delokratia wins elections

Brussels, 08/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - Nea Demokratia (ND), the conservative party which has spent twelve years in opposition in Greece, has won the general election of 7 March, with 45.5% of the votes, compared to 40.5% for the Pasok Socialists, and 5.8% for the Communist party (KKE), and 3.2% for the left-wing coalition. The ND leader, Costas Karamanlis, announced "new politics in a new era", and his rival, new Pasok chairman and former Foreign Minister George Papandreou immediately wished...

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