Transcript: Voter Apathy Grows As Usual Rivals Vie In Greece Elections

JACKI LYDEN
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
10-04-2009
Voter Apathy Grows As Usual Rivals Vie In Greece Elections

Host: JACKI LYDEN
Time 12:00-13:00 PM


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JACKI LYDEN, host:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.

Greeks are going to the polls today. The economic crisis, a spade of scandals and the government's mishandling of student protests last winter and wildfires this summer are the main election issues. But whoever wins - incumbent conservative New Democracy Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis or socialist PASOK leader George Papandreou - Greeks will be governed once again by one of the two rival dynasties that have dominated politics for decades.

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