Nakon ostavke bivšeg premijera Georgea Papandreoua početkom novembra, stranka lijevog centra PASOK, konzervativna Nova demokratija (ND) i desničarska stranka LAOS usuglasile su se o formiranju koalicionog kabineta na čelu s tehnokratom Lucasom Papademosom.
Following former Prime Minister George Papandreou's resignation in early November, the centre-left PASOK party, the conservative New Democracy (ND) party and the right-wing LAOS party agreed to form a coalition cabinet headed by technocrat Lucas Papademos.