The outgoing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, from the radical left, acknowledged his defeat in the parliamentary elections on Sunday. The victory goes to the right of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the promise to revive the economy after the crisis in Greece, according to the first official results. For these first parliamentary elections since their country escaped bankruptcy, the Greeks chose Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 51, to be their future head of government.
His New Democracy (ND) formation won 39.7% of the vote, compared with 31.4% for Alexis Tsipras, according to the first official partial results on more than 50% of the polling stations. The defeated congratulated his conservative rival on the phone in the early evening, we learned from the services of the Prime Minister.
The return of "familiocracy"
At the Vouli, the Greek parliament, the conservatives would thus hold 158 of the 300 seats, while Syriza would retain only 86 of the 144 that left party had in the outgoing assembly. Three years after taking the reins of the conservative party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, perceived as a reformer, close to the business community, promised to "revive the economy" and "leave the crisis behind us".
The election of this son of prime minister, descendant of a political dynasty, will sign the return of "familiocracy" to the Greek government, a tradition that Alexis Tsipras had interrupted when he came to power at the age of 40.
The lost bet of Tsipras
Emerging in a chaotic Greece, overwhelmed by the debt crisis and austerity imposed by its creditors, the EU and the IMF, Alexis Tsipras had raised hopes, in January 2015, among a people stunned by bankruptcies and social plans. But this radical left-wing leader then flip-flopped, forced to accept a bailout with tough measures to prevent the exit of the euro area, which the voters did not forgive him.
Stunned by a scathing failure in the European and local elections in late May and early June, Alexis Tsipras, whose term ended theoretically in October, attempted a risky gamble by calling himself these early elections early in the year. summer, with the hope of reversing the wave of discontent. But this one, accustomed to put in play his majority, this time lost his bet.