But Berlin waved the suggestion away. They had never trusted Samaras and they were not about to make concessions. Hoping for a new mandate, Samaras called for elections. As was now commonplace, proausterity governments around Europe as well as the IMF chimed in. The Greek voters were left in no doubt that as far as “Europe” was concerned, New Democracy, PASOK and the centrist To Potami party were the acceptable choices.
