A president for all Greeks

The decision by Alexis Tsipras and Fofi Gennimata to endorse Katerina Sakellaropoulou for the position of president of the Republic guarantees that the senior judge will be elected with a comfortable majority to the highest position of state in the first vote to be held in Parliament six days from now.

Barring an isolated differentiation (a prospect that seems unlikely at the moment), the current president of the Council of State, which is Greece's top administrative court, will garner at least 266 votes in the 300-strong House. The number of votes could grow further should more parties endorse her candidacy.
This show of political consensus comes at an appropriate time for the country: Turkey is disputing the sovereignty of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, while it is sending troops to Libya in support of the Tripoli-based government and granting energy exploration and...