Greek moderate conservatives set to win in EU elections

The local EPP affiliates of New Democracy are among the few ruling parties in the EU that are topping the polls in the European elections.

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00:00 An exclusive Euronews poll is predicting a win for the incumbent Greek centre-right New

00:06 Democracy party in the European Parliament elections in June.

00:12 It shows the party lost 3% of its support between March and May, but still came out

00:18 on top.

00:20 It's been one year since Greeks went to the polls and elected New Democracy, led by Prime

00:25 Minister Hiriakos Mitsotakis, and the party appears to be retaining its popularity over

00:32 its moderate left-wing rivals Syriza and PASOK.

00:37 The Superpoll put Syriza in second place and PASOK third.

00:42 Mitsotakis leads Syriza's candidate for Prime Minister, Stefanos Kasalakis, by more than

00:47 20%.

00:51 Greece is somewhat of an outlier.

00:54 Most of the European ruling parties are likely to face setbacks in the elections.

01:00 Mitsotakis' New Democracy is expected to win one more seat in the European Parliament.

01:07 And Syriza could keep its four seats in the European left benches.

01:13 PASOK appears set to secure three MEPs to the Social and Democrats group.

01:18 The Greek Solution party is expected to grow and send two MEPs to the European Conservatives

01:24 and Reformers.

01:26 The Communist Party of Greece could have two seats in the non-attached group.

01:33 With the far-right Spartans movement out of the race, the ultra-conservatives' votes could

01:38 be absorbed by New Democracy.

01:43 The ruling party has taken steps to move away from the far-right, with Mitsotakis recently

01:49 legalising same-sex marriage.

01:55 The country's Supreme Court barred the Spartans over its alleged ties with the banned far-right

02:00 Golden Dawn party.

02:05 The results mean that controversial New Democracy candidate Fredi Boleri could have a shot at

02:10 entering the European Parliament.

02:13 Boleri is serving a two-year prison sentence in Albania for election fraud.

02:19 will begin on June the 9th.

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