Aspirant MEPs from the birthplace of democracy, Greece, are explaining why they think domestic challenges will force voters to the ballot box.
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00:00 Political parties in Greece are throwing last-ditch rallies to try and convince voters to cast
00:07 their votes in the EU elections this Sunday. Candidate MEPs who have been interviewed by
00:15 Euronews sound hopeful about what the ballot box results will mean for their parties, but
00:21 they all acknowledge the serious risk of voter abstention.
00:25 I believe that the next day will bring us a good result that will accelerate the developments
00:32 and I hope, as I said, that we will govern like we have received a message that tells us
00:39 to be humble and to speed up the reforms that are required according to the order that the
00:46 Greek people gave us in June 2023.
00:49 I would like Syriza to be strong, to be strong, to have 4 in 1 MEPs, not to mention 2.
00:56 We need to get the data of 2019 to play a very good, well-rounded role in how we understand
01:06 the modern left in the 21st century, so that we are useful to people.
01:14 According to the latest opinion polls, the ruling centre-right party New Democracy is
01:19 the undisputed lead and is trailed by the left-wing Syriza party and the centre-left
01:26 PASOK.
01:28 It is unknown how many MEPs will be elected from the minor political parties, especially
01:34 as the campaign focused on domestic issues.
01:42 We have dominated the national issues again.
01:47 Despite the fact that Europe is in a critical stage, I would say that the national issues
01:52 remained dominant in the pre-election period.
01:55 We did not speak about Europe again, despite the fact that we vote for Europe on Sunday.
02:00 All polls show that the main front of mind issues for Greek voters is the skyrocketing
02:07 prices of products and the cost of living crisis.
02:15 The issue has turned into an internal political confrontation.
02:20 At the same time, serious European issues were not discussed and two wars are now taking
02:25 place in the neighbourhood of Europe.
02:27 From Athens, Giro News, Faye Voulgeri.
02:29 better.
02:30 [SWOOSH]