Greece Calls Elections as Premier Mitsotakis Faces Train Crash Fallout
Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the site of the train crash in the Tempe valley near Larissa, Greece, on March 1.
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Greece will head to the polls on May 21, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday, with a second ballot likely to be needed about a month later.
“The country and citizens need a clear horizon,” the premier said at a meeting of his cabinet in Athens. His term ends in July. If second elections are needed, they’ll happen by early July at the latest, he said.