‘Natives’ and ‘foreigners’

It would have been better if our political parties had been able to overcome their fears of postal and electronic votes, but the bipartisan agreement providing for Greeks abroad to vote in our elections is already a major achievement for our politics and society: for politics because it is one of the very few times we have seen broad consensus, and for our society because it is an act of unification which goes against the traditional tide of division.
It remains to be seen precisely what the law will say, and how functional the process will be in practice, as the product of political consensus is not ideal. However, it is historically important that members of the Greek diaspora and citizens who left in the past few years should be able to vote in Greek elections without having to travel to our country.

Providing for Greeks abroad to vote shows that, albeit with great...