Not a state, but an idea

Inspections to combat the illicit fuel trade are on the wane (the collection of fines has also decreased); the teachers' union is hindering efforts to introduce an evaluation scheme in their sector; about 150 angry individuals wielding sticks stormed a university in order to attack a professor who in the past had reacted to their putting up posters around the campus (at the same time, another group was disrupting classes at a different institution); and a government minister established that security measures are not up to scratch, but only after a former Greek prime minister had been injured in a letter bomb attack in the center of the capital.

These are only some incidents of this nature which have taken place over the past few days. And they leave no doubt that the rules, the principles and the ideas that are usually associated with a well-functioning state and a healthy...