PASOK may provide ‘window’ for a SYRIZA return to power, PM tells Kathimerini

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears to lay speculation of a possible post-election partnership with socialist PASOK to rest in this interview with Kathimerini, just a week before Greeks head to the polls.

The New Democracy president accuses his PASOK counterpart, Nikos Androulakis, of having a "personal obsession" against him and of cozying up to the main opposition SYRIZA party.

He also insists that the only way forward for the country is an outright win for the incumbent center-right party and dismisses SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras' thoughts on possible coalitions in the event of an inconclusive election on May 21 as a "hodgepodge."

The general election is a week away and while you have said that you want to win with an outright majority in the expected second round, you have not set the bar for May 21. What percentage of the vote would New...