New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras will try to reach to an agreement for the formation of a coalition government within the day with the political forces that believe in the country's European orientation, as he said, after receiving the exploratory mandate on Monday from the President of Republic Karolos Papoulias. Immediately after the conclusion of his meeting with Papoulias, Samaras will start the negotiations with the other leaders of the parties elected to parliament in Sunday's elections. At 14:00 Samaras will meet with SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and at 18:00 with PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos. (AMNA)
