
The three-party coalition holds 179 of the 300 seats in parliament. (© AP/dapd)
Three days after the parliamentary elections in Greece the conservative Nea Dimokratia party, the socialist Pasok and the leftist party Dimar have agreed on a government coalition. Now the new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras must renounce his clientelism and seize the opportunity to renegotiate the country's austerity deal, commentators write.