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Official results showed conservative New Democracy came first with18.85 percent and 108 of Parliament's 300 seats. Party leaderAntonis Samaras, who backs Greece's bailout commitments forausterity but has called for some changes to the bailout plan, willlaunch coalition-forming talks later in the day. "I understand the rage of the people, but our party will notleave Greece ungoverned," Samaras said after Sunday's vote. After receiving the mandate to start negotiations from President Karolos Papoulias , Samaras will have three days to strike a coalition deal. But thatcould prove impossible because even with the support of the onlyother clearly pro-bailout party elected, Socialist PASOK , New Democracy would fall two seats short of a governing majority. If the deadlock does not ease, Greece faces new elections under acaretaker government in mid-June, about the time it has to detailnew drastic austerity measures worth 14.5 billion ($19 billion)for 2013-14. In June, Athens is also due to receive a 30 billion ($39.4billion) installment of its rescue loans from the other countriesin the 17-strong eurozone and the International Monetary Fund . Analyst Vangelis Agapitos said protracted instability would threaten the country's eurozonemembership. Greece's debt inspectors the eurozone, IMF and European Central Bank , collectively known as the troika could turn the screws byhalting release of the bailout funds until Athens moves forwardwith its pledged reforms. "Europe can live without Greece but I don't think Greece canlive without Europe," he said. "If the troika isbluffing, Greece will remain in the euro. But if the troika says:'I can negotiate, but first show me some progress,' Greece has noprogress to display right now." "If the troika rattles our bars, then either the people willcome to their senses at the next elections or the country willenter an alternative course, and when we open that door we will seewhat kind of chaos or paradise lies behind," Agapitossaid. Sunday's big winner was the anti-bailout Radical Left Coalition, orSyriza, whose unprecedented second place with 16.78 percent givesit 52 seats. Disaffected voters deserted PASOK and New Democracy, the twomainstays of Greek politics, leaving them at their worst levelsince 1974, when Greece emerged from a seven-year dictatorship.Instead, strong gains were registered by smaller parties, includingthe extremist Golden Dawn, which rejects the neo-Nazi label andinsists it is nationalist and patriotic. I am an expert from uv-flatbed-printer.com, while we provides the quality product, such as ECO Solvent Printer Manufacturer , UV Flatbed Printer Manufacturer, UV Flatbed Printer,and more.
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