ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras may have expressed hopes that parliament will elect a new president next Monday and avert the threat of snap elections, but politicians on all sides are already preparing for a possible campaign next month.
In the second round of voting on Tuesday, the government's candidate Stavros Dimas got within 12 votes of the 180 he will need to be elected next Monday, an improvement on his disappointing first round score.
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