What form of state was established in Greece following the December 1974 national referendum?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Parliamentary Republic
- Step 1: On 8 December 1974, a free referendum was held on the state structure. The Greek electorate rejected the monarchy by a decisive margin of 69.2% to 30.8%, abolishing the crown and establishing the Third Hellenic Republic. Answer: Parliamentary Republic. Why not the others: "Constitutional Monarchy" was overwhelmingly rejected by nearly seventy percent of participating voters; "Presidential Republic" would feature an executive president (like the US or France), which Greece rejected in favor of parliament; "Federal State union" confuses decentralized regional states with Greece's unitary constitutional republic.
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