The Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term in Greece after a draconian regime of spending controls ordered by international bailout lenders ended last summer. The clean-cut Harvard graduate, as comfortable speaking in English as his native Greek, delivered unexpectedly high growth, a steep drop in unemployment and a country on the brink of returning to investment grade on the global bond market. As he rallied supporters, he insisted only a stable and independent government can lead Greece into the future. The opposition is 48-year-old Alexis Tsipras, a former prime minister and the firebrand leader of the left-wing Syriza party. His campaign has focused heavily on the rail disaster and wiretapping scandal. He urged voters to ditch the Mitsotakis administration, claiming that when his party were in power they governed responsibly. Opinion polls indicate that Sunday's Election won't produce an outright winner under a newly introduced system of proportional representation. A second election in early July may be needed when

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