New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras’s attempt to forge a government of ‘national salvation’ already snubbed by Syriza Tasked with forming a coalition government, Greece’s conservative leader Antonis Samaras has begun efforts to build an administration of “national salvation” after narrowly winning Sunday’s crucial election. At his meeting with the country’s head of state, Karolos Papoulias, the 61-year-old Samaras said he would attempt to forge a coalition of parties that “believe in [Greece's] European orientation and the euro”. “A national understanding by everybody is imperative. I will begin by seeing political leaders,” said Samaras, adding that he thought there was room for agreement

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