Editorial: Greece at a crossroads

Although the electoral period is not yet in full swing, there are many signs of the outcome. A number of activities of the people and a series of scattered political events show that citizens have largely made up their mind.

For some time, at every opportunity voters have exhibited their aversion to government cadres. They do not take part in gatherings that members of the ruling party organise nationwide and they clearly articulate their consternation.

An indicative example in recent days was the cold reception for Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas in Kilkis and Veria. An extremely close collaborator and until recently the alter ego of the PM, Pappas found himself in a very tight spot. The residents of the two cities of Macedonia treated the "great" minister with "flashy indifference", as reports indicated.

Despite the party's mobilisation, it could only muster a few dozen supporters and voters. This is the result of the collapse of the expectations and prospects of the party that is responsible for the country's fate.

That is perhaps the greatest problem of the ruling party. It can no longer stir the masses or revive expectations.
It exhausted citizens and appears to have become exhausted itself. It can no longer persuade and is not in a position to offer the answers regarding the country's future which citizens demand and seek.

The model that is developing is restrictive, defensive, and unsuited to the conditions and opportunities created by Greece's fiscal adjustment of over a decade.

Citizens have understood that the ruling party functions as a force of containment and not as a force of growth and progress. In short, it does not want to and cannot put to use the results of the sacrifices of the Greek people.