Kathimerini admits '3 per cent election threshold'

An article published in the English version of the Kathimerini newspaper on Saturday 8 June stated that the 3 per cent electoral threshold in Greece was introduced to prevent a minority party defending Turkish identity from entering the Greek parliament.

In the news - commentary evaluating the European Parliament elections, the 3 per cent election threshold was also mentioned. In the news - commentary, it was noted that the 3 percent threshold was introduced in the early 1990s after the independent MP Dr. Sadık Ahmet expressed himself as a Turk.

"The 3 per cent electoral threshold was adopted in the 1990s to prevent a Muslim minority party, whose founder Sadık Ahmet openly declared his Turkish identity, from being represented in parliament."