A useful proposal, instead of useless noise

Nowadays, the actions of politicians are strongly geared toward their public image. In the era of television and the internet, the image and the message emitted by the prime minister or the leader of the opposition compete with the substance.

A visit by a leader to a disaster area, the clothes he or she wears, the time of the day he/she goes, and whether there are cameras present or not are no longer spontaneous decisions. They are the product of strategic planning and an integral part of each politician's narrative.

I will not comment on the briefing received by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the deadly fires in eastern Attica last Monday night, nor his visit and that of the leader of the main opposition to the devastated coastal town of Mati. I will focus on Kyriakos Mitsotakis's choice not to take the beaten track and slip into the negative approach we...