The nightmare of simple proportional representation

Just imagine for a moment that this country is being governed under a system of simple proportional representation. It would be a nightmare.

The threats and the challenges Greece is faced with are huge and unprecedented: From the coronavirus pandemic, to the migration crisis, to relations with Turkey and managing the money from the European Union's pandemic recovery fund, Greece is faced with an unprecedented conundrum that will not go away anytime soon. 

Greek political culture is regrettably imbued with a your-loss-is-my-gain mentality. Polarization, amplified by a cannibalistic social media, has brought down bridges of communication. Trading slurs and insults between political foes has become the norm. Consensual decision-making, a political culture that is mostly prominent in the countries of Northern Europe, is absent here. 

Meanwhile, another big danger...