Greek Elections 2015: The day after | LIVE
Greek Elections 2015: The day after | LIVE
08.18 Official results from the Ministry of Interior with 99.80 percent of votes counted: SYRIZA gets 36.34 percent (149 seats), New Democracy 27.81 percent (76 seats), Golden Dawn 6.28 percent (17 seats), To Potami 6.05 percent (17 seats), The Greek Communist Party (KKE) at 5.47 percent (15 seats), Independent Greeks at 4.75 percent (13 seats), PASOK stands at 4.68 percent (13 seats). George Papandreou’s newly formed Kinima gets 2.46 percent but fails to enter Parliament. 08.24 With 67.35 percent of the votes counted absention stood at 37.32 percent. According to the Ministry of Interior, 62.68 percent of 9.8 million registered Greek voters proceeded to polling stations yesterday. 08.45 SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras to meet with Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos at 10.30 a.m.The two reportedly talked in the early hours of Monday in view of forming a coalition. 09.11 Constantinos Tsoukalas, Ourania Antonopoulou, Panos Skourletis, Aglaia Kyritsi and Nikolaos Toskas enter Parliament through SYRIZA’s state list. New Democracy's state list elects Theodoros Fortsakis, Dimitrios Stamatis, Niki Kerameos and Vassileios Economou. The rest of candidates elected through state lists are: Christos Pappas (Golden Dawn), Panagiotis Karkatsoulis (To Potami) and Aleka Papariga (KEE). 09.16 Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades congratulates Tsipras on Twitter and invites SYRIZA chief to visit state-island. 09.22 More Twitter activity for Alexis Tsipras. Hugh Laurie, aka Dr House, tweeted on election night: “Bravo Syriza! Must feel like they've just won a giant edition of Storage Wars, but let's hope those boxes are full of good stuff.” Tsipras’s reply: "Thank you Dr." 09.51 Global interest on Greek election continues the day after: Britain’s Jon Snow to anchor Channel 4 News ouf of Athens tonight. Ditto for France’s David Pujadas on France 2. 10.02 SYRIZA spokesman Panos Skourletis arrives at party headquarters: “The sun is shining, ATMs are dispensing cash, people are off to work,” he tells reporters. 10.25 Panos Kammenos of Indepedent Greeks arrives at SYRIZA HQ on Koumoundourou Square.
10.41 Angela Gerekou, former PASOK deputy for the Ionian island of Corfu, who switched to New Democracy following invitation extended by Antonis Samaras, is not elected on conservative ticket.
10.43 SYRIZA deputies leading in the Athens A constituency: Zoi Konstantopoulou and Gavriil Sakellaridis. Yanis Varoufakis and Yiannis Dragasakis leading in Athens B constituency. 10.44 "The Greek election will increase economic uncertainty across Europe. That's why the UK must stick to our plan, delivering security at home." British Prime Minister David Cameron reacts to Greek election result on Twitter. 10.53 Antonis Samaras at ND HQ on Syngrou Avenue, expected to hold meetings with close aides and other party officials.  11.31 Panos Kammenos exits SYRIZA HQ: "Greece has a new government. Independent Greeks are giving Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a vote of confidence,” he tells reporters, adding that Tsipras will visit Greek President Karolos Papoulias and announce new cabinet later in the day.
11.32 "We will not forgive loans but we are ready to discuss extending the bailout program or maturities ... But this will not change the fact that Greece must continue economic reforms," Finnish PM Alexander Stubb tells reporters on Monday. More here.
11.35 New government will observe a 162/300 House majority. 11.48 Tsipras to meet with President Karolos Papoulias in the afternoon.
11.51 “From today SYRIZA will have to face the test of reality. The party is obliged to manage the economy, keeping its promises as the treasury runs out of money, but will also have to deal with our partners and creditors, who have made clear their position that Greece must abide by its commitments,” comments Nikos Konstandaras, Kathimerini managing editor. Read more of his thoughts here.
11.56 "It is not up to the ECB to decide whether Greece needs debt relief," ECB board member Benoit Coeure tells German business daily Handelsblatt. "But it's absolutely clear that we cannot agree to a debt relief that includes Greek bonds that are located at the ECB." For more on this story click here. 12.01 Tsipras to meet Papoulias at 3.30 p.m. the Athens-Macedonian news agency reports. 12.11 Russia’s Vladimir Putin congratulates SYRIZA chief through President of Russia Twitter account: “Congratulations to Alexis Tsipras, head of Greece's Coalition of the Radical Left, on winning parliamentary election.” 12.17 French President Francois Hollande congratulates Alexis Tsipras. In a statement released by the Elysee on Monday, Hollande highlights Franco-Greek friendship and his desire to pursue cooperation between the two countries, to serve growth and stability in the eurozone. 12.28 Skai TV reports that Alexis Tsipras is expected to meet Archbishop Ieronymos at 2.30 p.m. to inform him that he does not wish to take traditional religious oath when he’s appointed prime minister. 12.54 With 99.94 percent of votes counted, the Ministry of Interior reports the following election result figures: SYRIZA leads with 36.34 percent (149 seats) trailed by New Democracy 27.81 percent (76 seats). Golden Dawn follows with 6.28 percent (17 seats), To Potami with 6.05 percent (17 seats), KKE with 5.47 percent (15 seats), Independent Greeks with 4.75 percent (13 seats) and Socialist PASOK with at 4.68 percent (13 seats). George Papandreou’s Kinima fails to reach the 3 percent threshold, gets 2.46 percent, and is not elected to the House. The same goes for the Ecologist Greens-Democratic Left alliance (0.49 percent) and the Popular Orthodox Rally, LAOS (1.03 percent). 12.59 Alexis Tsipras expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister at 4 p.m. 13.35 Petros Tatsopoulos announces his retirement from politics on Facebook, after failing to get elected on Potami ticket. The author was first elected to Parliament in 2012 with SYRIZA, before exiting the leftist party and keeping his seat as an independent. 13.58 Incubent House Speaker Evangelos Meimarakis visits President Karolos Papoulias to announce election results. 14.15 Meanwhile, it emerges that Greek singer Demis Roussos, 69, died at an Athens hospital last Saturday. His daughter confirms his death in French daily Le Figaro. Roussos was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1946.  14.29 Alexis Tsipras arrives at the Athens Archdiocese for a meeting with Archbishop Ieronymos.14.33 "There are internal eurozone rules to be respected," IMF chief Christine Lagarde tells Le Monde daily, in reference to Greece. "We cannot make special categories for such or such country." Click here for more. 14.50 Former premier and honorary New Democracy president Constantinos Mitsotakis gets pacemaker in a Hania hospital, his office announces. He was admitted to hospital yesterday when he felt unwell after casting his ballot. He is expected to be released from hospital tomorrow.
14.53 “I look forward to working with you for the benefit of the citizens of Greece and the European Union,” the President of the EU Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, tells Alexis Tsipras via Twitter.
15.29 Alexis Tsipras arrives at the Presidential Mansion. 15.34 To Potami founder Stavros Theodorakis announces meeting with Prime Minister-elect Alexis Tsipras at 7 p.m. In comments to the press Theodorakis says today marks the first time the formation of a new government is announced through the leader of the election’s sixth party winner, in reference to earlier comments by Independent Greeks chief Panos Kammenos following a morning meeting with Tsipras. 15.44 Tsipras to become the 6th Prime Minister to be sworn in by President Karolos Papoulias during the latter's tenure. 15.45 SYRIZA chief tells President Papoulias that he has required House majority to form government. 16.01 Alexis Tsipras sworn in as Prime Minister. 16.06 New Greek premier leaves Presidential Mansion following civil oath. He makes no comment to the press. 16.18 Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives at Kaisariani rifle range, where a monument to more than 200 Greeks executed by Nazi occupiers stands today. 16.19 Athens-Macedonian news agency reports that outgoing premier Samaras will not meet with newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. | |||
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