PASOK
Britishacronym
Etymology
Origin of PASOK
C20: Modern Greek Pa ( nhellenion ) So ( sialistiko ) K ( enema )
Example Sentences
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Mitsotakis’ New Democracy won the June 25 election with 40.56% of the vote, compared to 17.83% for the left-wing Syriza and 11.84% for the socialist PASOK.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
The prospects of New Democracy, the center-left Syriza party or the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK, teaming up in some combination to form a coalition government also is considered extremely unlikely by politicians and pundits.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
Hours after the news of her detention became public, her party, Greece’s center-left PASOK, expelled her from its ranks; the centrist Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament suspended her.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
Gennimata was the daughter of Greek politician Georgios Gennimatas who was a founder member of PASOK, which was dominant in Greece in the eighties and nineties.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2021
Tsipras’ Syriza Party ascended to office in January amid a stalemate between Greece’s two political machines, New Democracy and PASOK, which had swapped rule over the country for the past 40 years.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2015
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