The Greek Elections of 2012 and Greece's Future in the Eurozone

The aim of this paper is threefold. First, it presents the key characteristics of the Greek elections of 6 May and the corresponding campaign, highlighting the main trends, winners and losers in their context. Second, it discusses Greece’s future in the Eurozone, on the basis of the experience of the pre-crisis period, the handling of the ongoing crisis, political and policy developments at the European level and the core demands of the Greek electorate. Finally, it presents three scenarios with regard to likely developments after the Greek elections of 17 June 2012.