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No MEP seat for Varoufakis' DiEM25 list in Greece
By EUobserver
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis's DiEM25 party marginally failed to secure a seat in the European Parliament, getting 2.99 percent of the vote in Greece - short of the three percent threshold. Varoufakis announced he would be holding a press conference in Athens on Wednesday. A Greek government spokesman, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, said on Tuesday that snap Greek parliamentary elections will be called for 7 July.