Samaras’s Call Fails to Lure MPs to Back Nominee, Avert Election
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras failed in his second effort to get lawmakers to back his nominee for president and avert snap general elections.
With voting ongoing in Athens, more than 100 lawmakers in the country’s 300-seat chamber withheld support for Samaras’s candidate Stavros Dimas, leaving him short of the required 200 ballots.