Why the U.K.-Greece Dispute Over the Elgin Marbles Is Heating Up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Public support for the repatriation is high, a YouGov poll commissioned by the Parthenon Project, a campaign to return the sculptures to Athens, found that 64% of polled British were in favor of returning the sculptures if Greece would lend other artifacts to British museums.
45% : While Greece has demanded the return of the Elgin Marbles since the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832, the last four decades have seen a slew of public relations and diplomacy offensives from Athens to regain them.
41% : Mitsotakis met with U.K. opposition leader Keir Starmer on Monday, a move that is rarely welcomed by those in government.

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