(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Saturday dissolved the Parliament elected on May 6 and set a new election date for June 17.
The presidential decree dissolving the Parliament and calling for a new election has been posted outside the Parliament, which convened Thursday and held just two sessions, making it the shortest in recent Greek history.
Elections on May 6 produced a hung parliament, with the winner, conservative New Democracy, winning just 18.85 percent of the popular vote, its lowest ever, and electing 108 deputies in the 300-seat parliament. Talks to form a coalition government failed, as two leftist parties refused to participate.
The fragmented parliament and the sharp decline in popularity for the parties that have supported the country s bailout agreements have brought into question Greece s continuing membership in the euro.
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