![]() Even further from the mainstream, newcomer Niki, or Victory, offers a mix of Orthodox Christian traditionalism and nationalism. On the right, Elliniki Lysi, or Greek Solution, won 4.4% on May 21 by dredging the populist conservative depths that ND eschewed years ago. “Moreover, the entry of more fringe parties into Parliament - especially from the extreme right spectrum - could complicate the legislative process over the next four years.” The small parties' performance "will affect the outcome, as the more parties that manage to elect lawmakers, the higher the threshold for ND to win a majority,” analyst Wolfango Piccoli from Teneo said. If ND finds it can't govern alone, it could seek a third election during the August peak holiday season. That would increase the parties in Parliament from five to a maximum nine, sapping the majority of the center-right New Democracy, or ND, which is expected to retain its 20-percentage-point lead from a first vote last month but wants an absolute majority to avoid the need to form a coalition. Still, up to five small parties - three on the far right and two on the far left - could conceivably reach the 3% support needed to enter Parliament in Sunday's repeat elections, despite a swing back to mainstream politicians as the scars of Greece’s 10-year financial crisis gradually heal. ATHENS, Greece (AP) - With the formerly ascendant, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party broken, its leadership in prison, and the anti-Western left defanged, Greece’s political fringes are looking more gauche than sinister.
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