Greek prime minister calls general election for May 21

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The recent slide in the polls for the prime ministers party has made a coalition government more likely..

But Mitsotakis insisted that New Democracy was seeking outright victory...

Greeces centre-right prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called a May 21 general election Tuesday as his partys long-standing lead in opinion polls has declined in the aftermath of the countrys worst train disaster...

The disaster stirred public anger, cutting the conservative New Democracy partys support by a half-point to 4 points over its left-wing main rival, Syriza, according to opinion polls..

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