With a comprehensive review of the government’s performance from 2019 to the present, rather than the customary weekly review of the government’s work, the prime minister chose yesterday to mark the beginning of a new political phase, three years after the government’s reelection and seven years after New Democracy’s first election victory.
In his Sunday post, Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to highlight, through measurable data, the progress that—as he claims—has been achieved in the economy, employment, the digital transformation of the state, health, education, and defense, emphasizing that “nine out of ten of the 2023 campaign pledges have already been implemented or are on track to be implemented.”
The government leadership believes that the timing is right for a comprehensive review, as the government enters the final stretch of its second term. Competent sources point out that the goal is to highlight the consistency between pre-election pledges and the government’s work, in contrast—as they note—to an opposition that chooses to cast doubt on the country’s progress as a whole. “We choose comparison over confrontation,” Mr. Mitsotakis stated.
Within the government camp, officials believe that the coming period will mark an acceleration of the reform agenda, with the prime minister seeking to combine a review of the progress made so far with the presentation of goals through 2027 and, more broadly, the plan for Greece in 2030.
The strategy of the Maximos Mansion aims to maintain the focus on implementing specific measures that affect citizens’ daily lives, so that the government continues to be evaluated, as they say, based on results and not just on announcements.
Tours
At the same time, the Prime Minister’s inner circle is now turning its attention to the days ahead, focusing both on the remaining pending issues and on direct contact with citizens.
It begins today with Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s visit to Aigaleo, marking yet another visit to Attica—a region home to nearly half the country’s population and which has historically been a critical electoral battleground. The government will seek to strengthen its presence in areas where daily life, infrastructure, and public services are at the center of citizens’ concerns.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the Cabinet will meet, where it is expected to approve the latest package of reforms to be submitted to Parliament for a vote before the summer recess. It is also expected that decisions regarding the new leadership of the Supreme Court will be made at the same meeting, including the selection of the new president and the new prosecutor of the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the government continues its harsh criticism of Alexis Tsipras, prompted by the statements he and his new associates have made publicly.
In this context, Minister of State Akis Skertsos launched a fierce online attack against the former prime minister:
“The ‘moral high ground’—whether on the left or the right—is the refuge of political charlatans and habitual demagogues and populists. That is, the political forces that, instead of presenting a realistic, alternative governing program, claim some sort of supposed monopoly on integrity by accusing their opponents of being corrupt across the board. “Precisely because they have nothing realistic or responsible to say, the forces of populism resort to ‘character assassination’—and the assassination of entire political camps—by playing on the emotions of citizens,” he emphasized, among other things.