Greek Socialist leader raises stakes in EU vote

Evangelos Venizelos, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, talks during an editorial board meeting at the Reuters Headquarters during the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

ATHENS (Reuters) - The leader of Greece's junior coalition partner warned on Thursday that the government would be at risk if it performed poorly in next week's elections to the European Parliament.

Evangelos Venizelos, head of the Socialist PASOK party, has raised the stakes for the May 25 vote with a series of increasingly sharp warnings about government stability as he faces internal dissent and polls showing the once-powerful party is set to take a drubbing.