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Greece to lower voting age, adopt proportional system
Lawmakers scrapped election provisions of a bonus to winners
22 July, 10:51
(ANSA-AP) - ATHENS - Greece's parliament has approved plans to lower the voting age by a year to 17 and adopt a proportional representation system, after years of economic austerity have hammered popular support for traditionally dominant political parties.
In a vote ending early Friday, lawmakers scrapped election law provisions that handed the winning party a generous 50-seat bonus in the 300-member parliament. But the country's left-wing government failed to win a supermajority of votes required for the changes to have immediate effect - meaning the changes will be introduced after the next general election. (ANSA-AP).
