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...surprises that the unpredictable Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou has pulled since he came to power in 1981, last Saturday's announcement was among the most startling. Contrary to his own promises, Papandreou declared that his ruling socialist PASOK party would not support President Constantine Caramanlis, 78, for reelection later this month. The President immediately withdrew his candidacy...
...unpopular wage and price controls to stem inflation. As controls were lifted last week, subway, railroad and airline workers promptly began striking for higher wages. In Greece, Papandreou's more moderate brand of socialism has fared better. In nationwide municipal elections late last month, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) won control over more than half of the nation's 276 cities and nearly 6,000 smaller communities. But the election also revealed some dissatisfaction with the government. PASOK's percentage of the vote dropped by several points over its showing in last year's parliamentary elections...
Papandreou acquired a very strong national appeal, Macridis added, which came from "the very well-organized infrastructure of his party, Pasok [Panhellenic Socialist Movement...
Papandreou established Pasok in 1974, and it garnered 13 per cent of the vote in that year. In 1981, Pasok captured 48 per cent of the vote, an example of "truly phenomenal growth," Odoni said, adding that young voters and residents of greater Athens changed allegiance to Pasok because of the New Democracy Party's inability to solve problems facing the city...
...some Greeks, no doubt, Papandreou's appeal lay in his anti-Americanism. Boasted Actress Melina Mercouri, who won re-election on the PASOK ticket from the same Piraeus district in which she filmed Never on Sunday, and who has been appointed Minister of Culture and Sciences in the new government: "The U.S. treated us like a protectorate. Now the Americans will respect...