The danger and the opportunity

There is something very paradoxical happening at the moment. There is no opposition to the government. It is something that has not happened in our post-war history. Even when late conservative premier Konstantinos Karamanlis was powerful and dominant there was some rival power, if not as an immediate alternative, as a prospect on the horizon. Now there is absolutely nothing. The main opposition is going through a period of misery and prolonged introversion that will not end easily with the election of a new leader. The absence of Alexis Tsipras revealed the structural and spectacular weaknesses of SYRIZA. Socialist PASOK is also far from becoming a party that claims power.

Consider the debates in Parliament. Who or what exactly will you be looking forward to hearing from in a big debate?

You might say that it is a sign of the times. Bigger countries with long...