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A working class political protest in Athens, Greece calling for the boycott of a local bookshop after, allegedly, an employee was fired for her political activism. Under the Greek constitution, [2] education is the responsibility of the state. Most Greeks attend public primary and secondary schools.
Number of political parties in the Hellenic Parliament since 1910, by election year and electoral system. Before 1910, Greece lacked a coherent party system in accordance with the traits of the modern representative democracy. The political formations of the 19th century lacked a steady organizational structure and a clear ideological orientation.
From the restoration of democracy in 1974 to the 2012 elections, the characteristic Greek political system was predominantly a two-party system. The historically dominant parties were New Democracy and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). Under the electoral system, a party needs to surpass a 3% threshold in the popular vote in order to ...
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 June 2023. [1] [2] [3] All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the snap vote after the May 2023 elections did not result in any party gaining a majority, although his centre-right New Democracy made unanticipated gains and increased its share of the vote.
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The first national parliament of the independent Greek state was established in 1843, after the 3 September Revolution, which forced King Otto to grant a constitution.The constitution of 1844 established a semi-constitutional monarchy under the decisive power of the monarch, who exercised legislative power jointly with the elected house of representatives and the appointed senate.
Mitsotakis' centre-right government, which won a second term after the accident, has faced repeated criticism by relatives of the victims for failing to investigate any political responsibility ...
This is a list of electoral constituencies returning Members of Parliament to the Parliament of Greece. The list reflects the changes which were made to Athens B and Attica in December 2018. [ 1 ] Electoral constituencies account for 285 of the 300 parliamentary seats, [ 2 ] while the other 15 are elected on a national level through party-list ...