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The International Desk with Lisa: Greek snap elections, July 9, 2019

The International Desk with Lisa: Greek snap elections, July 9, 2019

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

 

On Sunday, Greeks were invited to the polling booths for the fourth time in five years, to re-elect their members of parliament. The left leaning Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, a once popular politician who based his entire persona around fighting austerity, was beaten by a centre-right party. Lisa Boudet tells you how and why this happened.