Magical inspiration is not enough

During its going on five months in power, the conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has taken many positive steps to bring Greece back to normality. Some of these steps may appear self-evident today, but they would have been unthinkable during the reign of SYRIZA - a political party held hostage by ideological fixations. 

These steps include the decision to overturn the so-called asylum law that made Greek universities a no-go zone for police, the actual implementation of a smoking ban in indoor public places, the promotion of public-private partnerships in municipal garbage collection, the unblocking of major privatizations and investment projects and, why not, the introduction of a single electronic pass for all national highways. 

Furthermore, the conservative administration is pushing through a series of remarkable reforms such as launching...