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Expat Greeks frustrated over voting rights

2015-01-22 21 Dailymotion

Greece might be readying for another election, but Greeks abroad say they feel excluded from this vote.<br /><br /> Electoral rules say that you can only cast your ballot in the elections if they actually return home.<br /><br /> At least twenty thousand Greeks live in Brussels; they are angry about the situation.<br /><br /> Nikos Korogiannakis, a lawyer, said: “What is happening in Greece affects for sure our life. Most of us have relatives there and also we pay taxes in Greece if we have property. “<br /><br /> Twenty-nine year-old Nick studied economics and international relations.<br /><br /> He left Greece in 2011 at the heart of the crisis.<br /><br /> “I have been living the last years outside Greece but this doesn’t mean that I don’t worry for my family, my friends and the future of my country. I hope that the next government will improve the situation in Greece so that we can go back one day. “<br /><br /> An online petition has started criticising the rules.<br /><br /> Some voters have turned to crowdfunding to pay their tickets.<br /><br /> One young profession

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