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Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election
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Greece's Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center under the Greek flag, speaks to his supporters during his election campaign in northern Athens, Greece, Monday, May 1, 2023. Greeks go to the polls Sunday, May 21, in the first general election held since the country ended successive international bailout programs and strict surveillance period imposed by European leaders. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second four-year term and is leading in opinions but may need a coalition partner to form the next government. - photo by AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For the first time in more than a decade, Greeks will go to the polls Sunday to elect a leader no longer confined to steering the country’s economy from a back seat. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term after a draconian regime of spending controls ordered by international bailout lenders ended last summer. The clean-cut Harvard graduate, as comfortable speaking in English as his native Greek, delivered unexpectedly high growth, a steep drop in unemployment and a country on the brink of returning to investment grade on the global bond market.