Samaras To Underline Risks Of Leftist Government

  • by XpatAthens
  • Thursday, 19 February 2015
Samaras To Underline Risks Of Leftist Government

With just a few days to go before critical snap elections, the two main parties are battling for undecided voters and the center ground, with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras expected to emphasize the risks of a SYRIZA government in campaign speeches today.

Meanwhile, ahead of a crucial European Central Bank meeting where a bond-buying program and emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) for banks are to be discussed, Samaras said he had spoken with ECB President Mario Draghi.

“My chief concern is the bolstering of the banking system and of the economy,” Samaras said, referring to the request by Greece’s systemic banks to be granted ELA access.

Following appearances in eastern Attica and the southern coastal suburbs of Athens Tuesday, Samaras is due in Thessaloniki Wednesday, where he is to stress the pivotal nature of the pending elections for the country’s course in Europe.

The remainder of New Democracy’s campaign is to focus on the “Samaras versus Tsipras dilemma,” sources indicated Tuesday, referring to SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras. ND party secretary Andreas Papamimikos Tuesday appealed to “people of the reformist center” who, he said, “must realize that there is no leeway for third or neutral votes.” “These elections are all about who is going to come first,” he said.

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