Greece lurches forward. (politics)

From: National Review | Date: April 19, 1985 | Copyright information

THE RESIGNATION of Constantine Karamanlis as president of Greece was the inevitable consequence of a sudden turn to the left by the Socialist government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Grand old man of Greek politics that he was, Karamanlis, the founder of the conservative New Democracy Party, had always been uncomfortable with Papandreou's dreary brand of anti-American Socialism, but had ably and willingly served in the nonpartisan post of president in order to provide a co...

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