1996: The First Blow to the Dominant Two-Party System
摘要
Mr. Yiannis Mavris discusses another dense political period at a historical crossroads, marked by the death of Andreas Papandreou in June 1996. This period was preceded by his illness, resignation, and the formation of the Simitis government in January of the same year. The chapter covers significant changes in PASOK, the leadership transition, and the historic June 1996 congress. It also examines Miltiadis Evert's New Democracy and its internal problems, the position of the Left, including KKE, SYNASPISMOS, and the DIKKI party founded by Dimitris Tsovolas in December 1995. The electoral geography of the vote reveals the first cracks in post-Metapolitefsi bipartisanship.