Parties go back on the campaign trail

With the decree issued on Monday by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou dissolving Parliament and officially calling for elections on June 25, the country's political parties are back on the campaign trail, holding the thread of continuity from the previous election period, but also with the necessary adjustments and new dilemmas, as imposed by the May 21 election result. 

For its part, frontrunner New Democracy is making the case regarding the need for a "safe" one-party government in order to avert third elections and the necessity of stability for the full implementation of its program. Speaking to Mega TV on Monday, ND leader and former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that "if people believe that this [program] must be implemented and they want to trust me to put it into practice, I ask for a strong mandate for a stable government."

On the other hand,...