Mitsotakis Rules Out Snap Election, Eyes 2027 Vote

Mitsotakis Rules Out Snap Election, Eyes Spring 2027 Vote Ahead of EU Presidency

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has ruled out early elections, confirming his government will serve its full term and go to the polls in spring 2027 — timed deliberately ahead of Greece's assumption of the European Union Council presidency on July 1 of that year. Speaking in a wide-ranging television interview on ANT1, Mr. Mitsotakis dismissed calls from within his own camp for snap polls. "Governments must exhaust their electoral cycles," he said. "The country cannot afford political adv...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA