By | Associated Press – Mon, Jun 18, 2012
Associated Press/Petros Karadjias - Leader of the New Democracy conservative party Antonis Samaras leaves an elections kiosk after speaking to his supporters at Syntagma square in Athens, Sunday, June 17, 2012.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) —
Greece's conservative election victor Antonis Samaras says he is optimistic of forming a coalition after the president tasked him to form a new government.
Samaras, who came first in Sunday's national election, says he will meet with leaders of all parties "that believe in Greece's European orientation and the euro" this afternoon.
He spoke after a meeting Monday with President Karolos Papoulias.
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