Sunday’s vote is expected to be a battle between the leftist Syriza party and the conservative New Democracy party.
Although Syriza says it wants Greece to remain in the eurozone, it opposes the terms of an international bailout package that is said to be needed to save the country’s failing economy.
This is while the New Democracy says it supports the bailout in return for tough austerity measures.
Earlier, newly elected French President Francois Hollande warned Greeks of an exit from the eurozone if they voted for anti-bailout parties.
The Sunday vote follows May 6 votes which failed to give any party enough seats in parliament to form a government. The leaders of the conservative, radical left and socialist parties, which took the top three places in the elections, also failed to build a coalition.
Recent opinion polls show that Greece’s leftist Syriza party, which opposes the bailout deal, is running close with the conservative New Democracy party, which backs the rescue deal.
Greece has been in a recession for five years, with the economy having shrunk 15% over the past three years, the longest-running slump in modern times.
There are worries that more delays in resolving the eurozone debt crisis, which began in Greece in late 2009 and infected Italy, Spain and France last year, could push not only Europe but also much of the rest of the developed world back into recession.
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