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After the train disaster with 57 dead and the resulting protests against the government, a new parliament and thus a new government are to be elected in Greece in May. This was announced on Tuesday evening by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Alpha television. According to media reports, the election was actually planned for April - it has now been postponed by the government by a month.
"I can say with certainty that the elections will take place in May," Mitsotakis said. He did not name a specific date. It was the conservative prime minister's first television interview since the train disaster three weeks ago.
The government has been under enormous pressure since the accident: there have been repeated protests with tens of thousands of participants and strikes. Many Greeks blame the government for the bad condition of the railway network and thus also for the disaster. In addition, Mitsotakis was sharply criticized for dealing with the accident – his resignation was repeatedly demanded at the demonstrations. Since the accident, the conservative ruling party Nea Dimokratia has significantly reduced its lead over the left-wing Syriza party in polls.
The mandate of the current Conservative government ends in July. According to media reports, they actually wanted the elections to take place in April. Because of the accident and the protests, the plans have now been changed.
Shortly before midnight on February 28, a passenger train and an oncoming freight train traveling on the same track collided head-on on the Athens-Thessaloniki railway line. 57 people died, including many students. It was the worst train accident in the country's history and highlighted the chronic shortcomings in Greece's rail transport system.
The government suspended rail traffic in the country after the serious accident on February 28. Rail traffic is to be gradually resumed from Wednesday. The train drivers' union Pepe has now called for a number of safety precautions before train services can be resumed. These included better monitoring of level crossings, better lighting in tunnels, data on bridge inspections and the removal of litter and disturbing vegetation from the tracks, the union wrote in a letter to rail company Hellenic Train published on Tuesday.
Until all of this has been implemented, rail traffic cannot be resumed in the affected areas. The union said on Tuesday it had issued repeated warnings about the safety issues. However, these warnings were downplayed or not taken seriously.
