Greek President accepts Prime Minister Chypras' request for early elections

Greek President accepts Prime Minister Chypras' request for early elections

Unanist President Prokopis Pavlopoulos accepted Prime Minister Aleksis Chipras' demand for the dissolution of parliament and early elections.

Chipras decided early in the elections four months before the end of his mandate in the European Parliament elections, after the leftist Syriza party fell 9.5 percentage points behind the main opposition conservative New Democracy party.

Chipras 'request and Pavlopoulos' approval are seen as formality. Pavlopoulos is then expected to issue a decree giving the new election instructions and abolishing parliament.