1、CRS INSIGHTElection in GreeceSeptember 14, 2015 (IN10356) | |Paul Belkin, Analyst in European Affairs (pbelkincrs.loc.gov, 7-0220)Fourth Election in Three Years Reflects Ongoing Political InstabilityGreece will hold a snap legislative election on September 20, only eight months after the countrys la
2、st election. The new election comes as Greece continues to struggle with the negative repercussions of a sovereign debt and financial crisis that began in 2009. Over the past six years, Greeces economy has contracted by 25% and unemployment has tripled to above 25%. Economic challenges have in turn
3、shaken the political system. This will be Greeces fourth parliamentary election since May 2012. Since 2009, the country has had six different governments (including two caretaker governments). Each has struggledand three have collapsedin the face of growing public and political pressure to halt the
4、spending cuts, tax increases, and economic reforms that have been implemented in exchange for financial assistance from other European governments and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).For more information on the Greek debt crisis and the European response, see CRS Report R41167, Greeces Debt Cr
