Nationwide Strike Grips Greece: 24 Hours of Transport Paralysis
A nationwide strike in Greece has brought the country's transport networks to a standstill, affecting railways, ferries, buses, taxis, and more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated the head of Greece's conservative New Democracy party on its election win, but did not miss to remind him of the European commitments the country has to stick to.
"She congratulated him for the good election result," the German government press office said in a short statement. "At the same time, she said that she expected Greece to stick to its European commitments."
Merkel spoke with Antonis Samaras in a telephone call on Sunday shortly before she was set to depart for Los Cabos, Mexico to attend a summit of leaders of the Group of 20 largest advanced and developing countries.
"The election result showed that Greek voters chose to to forge ahead with the implementation of far-reaching economic and fiscal reforms in the country," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a statement.
The austerity and reform program aims only "to put the country back on the path of economic prosperity and stability," he added.
"This path will be neither short nor easy but is necessary and will give the Greek people the prospect of a better future."
"In order to succeed, the program requires political stability," Schaeuble said.
Greek voters had gone to the polls on Sunday following inconclusive elections in May.
With 99.9% of ballots counted, interior ministry results put New Democracy on 29.7% of the vote (129 seats), Syriza on 26.9% (71) and the socialist Pasok on 12.3% (33).
There are 300 seats in parliament.
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