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BBC: Politics in Greece has never been so unpredictable

"At this weekend's local elections and next weekend's European elections, stand by for some surprises" says BBC News correspondent

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“Politics in Greece has never been so unpredictable”, says in his article in BBC NEWS the British news agency correspondent in Brussels Chris Morris.

“That’s what happens when you go through years of economic meltdown”, he adds expressing his belief that this weekend’s local elections and next weekend’s European elections will be full of surprises.

Morris says that the only thing that’s clear is that the old two-party system that dominated the country for years has collapsed.

“Pasok, the socialist party that ran Greece like a family business, is in deep trouble. New Democracy, on the centre right, is still doing OK because it’s pretty much the only choice the establishment has left”, stresses the BBC correspondent.

According to British journalist, beyond that, it’s all up for grabs:

Syriza, led by the poster boy of the anti-austerity European Left, Alexis Tsipras, could win these elections. If it does, Mr Tsipras says he’ll demand new national elections.

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