French President Emmanuel Macron Congratulates Mitsotakis on Reelection

French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated Kyriakos Mitsotakis via Twitter for his election victory.

Describing the New Democracy leader as a "friend and partner of France", Macron expressed faith in continuing to work for a stronger and more sovereign Europe.

"Congratulations dear Kyriakos Mitsotakis friend and partner of France. Let's continue to work together for a stronger and more sovereign Europe," wrote the French president.

At the same time, US President Joe Biden congratulated Mitsotakis on winning a second term.

The statement reads:

On behalf of the people of the United States, I send our congratulations to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece on his reelection. I look forward to continuing our close cooperation on shared priorities to foster prosperity and regional security. Together—as Allies, partners, and friends—Greece and the United States have championed democracy. We will keep working with the government and people of Greece as well as our vibrant Greek-American community in the United States to continue this legacy.

With nearly all ballots counted by 22:28 on Sunday, the second round of Greek elections established a clear victory for New Democracy, with 40.56% of the votes and 158 seats in the 300-seat Parliament.

The Greek Interior Ministry results were as follows:

New Democracy (Mitsotakis), 40.55% and 158 seats
SYRIZA (Tsipras), 17.84% and 47 seats
PASOK-KINAL (Androulakis), 11.87% and 32 seats
Communist Party (Koutsoubas), 7.67% and 20 seats
Spartans (Stigas), 4.68% and 13 seats
Greek Solution (Velopoulos), 4.45% and 12 seats
Niki (Natsios), 3.70% and 10 seats
Plefsi Eleftherias (Konstantopoulou), 3.17% and 8 seats

MeRA25 did not meet the 3% threshold for Parliament.

A total of 52.75% of registered voters cast a ballot, of which 1.11% were invalid votes.

The New Democracy leader is scheduled to meet with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Mansion at 11:00 on Monday to receive a mandate to form a government following his electoral victory at Sunday's runoff elections.

He will be sworn in as prime minister before Sakellaropoulou at 13:00 on Monday at the Maximos Mansion.

Earlier in the day, Sakellaropoulou will receive Parliament President Constantine Tassoulas, who will have informed her of the parties that won seats in Parliament during the June 25 elections.

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