We need courage, not more laws

It's a funny thing. Greece has too many laws, many of which are very complicated, and a rather wordy Constitution. At the same time, the law is in many aspects hardly or only selectively applied. Most Greek MPs are lawyers by profession, a fact that has for decades reinforced the perception that a simple piece of legislation, or an article in the Constitution for that matter, are enough to solve a problem. 

Only they are not. In fact, adding more laws cultivates an extremely complicated and nebulous web of rules and principles that works to the benefit of wheelers and dealers, those who operate on the fringes of the law and the deep public sector whose functionaries say "This is not possible" first and think later. 

Most of Greece's problems do not require new laws in order to be solved. In fact, abolishing some of these laws would be more appropriate. And, most...