Greek ruling party could suffer losses in EU elections

Significance The vote comes a year after the centre-right New Democracy (ND) party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was comfortably re-elected in the country’s parliamentary polls, securing 41% of the vote. Since then, several controversies and underwhelming economic performance have hurt the party. Impacts Greek results may bolster efforts to form an alliance among right-wing groupings in the next European Parliament. The next European Commission could see a Greek competition or enlargement commissioner. Mitsotakis could play a mediating role in the formation of a post-election coalition in the European Parliament.