Greek PM calls general election for May 21

Greece’s center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday called a general election on May 21, in the aftermath of a train disaster that has reduced his party’s long-standing majority in opinion polls.

Mitsotakis, the 55-year-old son of the late former Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis, has remained popular throughout his four-year term.But more recently his reputation has been dented by allegations of wiretapping by state security services, as well as the government’s failure to protect rail network safety.