Greek Election Deadlock Beckons as Campaign Enters Last Week
- Poll tracker suggests narrow Syriza lead over New Democracy
- Tsipras-Meimarakis TV debate on Monday may be decisive
A Syriza party poster showing leader Alexis Tsipras in Athens.
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Greece’s campaign for Sept. 20 elections enters its final stretch this week with polls showing the outcome too close to call, threatening fractious coalition negotiations that may delay or derail implementation of the terms of a bailout only sealed in July.
With Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras and his New Democracy opponent Evangelos Meimarakis running neck-and-neck, pollsters say the result of Greece’s third national ballot this year could come down to turnout, undecided voters or a televised debate between the two frontrunners.