For more than a decade, Greece was seen as the “sick man of Europe.” The 2008 financial crisis floored the Greek economy and the country was forced to seek three bailouts from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. But in the last couple of years, Greece’s economy has performed better than many of its EU neighbours. So, the center-right government should be feeling pretty confident heading into a general election this Sunday. But as The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports, it’s not that clear-cut.
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