With a negative result on the election of a new Greek President concluded the first round of voting by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. The only candidate nominated by the coalition government partners, New Democracy and PASOK, and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ favorite, is the former Foreign Minister of the Papademos administration, and former EU commissioner, Stavros Dimas. ‘Yes’ to the election of Stavros Dimas voted a total of 160 MPs, while 135 blank votes opposed the election. Five MPs were not present during the vote.
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