Support for a tough mission

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is faced with three difficult problems: the refugee/migration issue, tensions in Greek-Turkish relations and power games among influential business interests. All of these are explosive issues and none of them has an obvious or easy solution.

There is definitely no solution on the horizon to the refugee/migration issue, while the other two pose a national or even a political risk.

At the same time, the prime minister has been confronted with the harsh Greek reality. The Greek state does not lend itself to change easily or quickly. Its ways of doing things and problems always remain an obstacle to anyone who wants to move quickly and efficiently.

But neither can the DNA of the political and party system change overnight, or even in one year. Clientelistic habits are deeply rooted and it has to be said that, to a great...