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Reuters
Reuters
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By Angeliki Koutantou and Lefteris Papadimas

Past austerity haunts Greek election as voters struggle with living costs

Niki Klaoudatou and her child Amelia watch a video at their home in Athens, Greece May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas

Fourteen years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crash out of the euro, single parent Niki Klaoudatou says she worries more about money now than she did during the worst years of the country's economic meltdown.

Ahead of an election on May 21, a cost-of-living crisis that is eroding earnings is foremost in voters' minds. For Klaoudatou it means voting for anyone but the incumbent conservative New Democracy or the opposition leftist Syriza.

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