On the campaign trail George Papandreou, Greece's new prime minister, said he wanted to make his country more transparent, efficient and meritocratic, but added that a "small revolution" would be needed. After winning the election on October 4th by an unexpectedly wide margin, he has a chance to bring one about. His party, Pasok, took 44% of the vote, enough to win 160 of the 300 parliamentary seats. Fears that disaffected young Greeks would back smaller leftist parties proved unfounded. Syriza, a splinter group, won 4.6% (13 seats); the Communist Party won 7.5% (21 seats), slightly down from 2004.
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