The victory of New Democracy and its self-reliance in the next government is recorded by the totality of German media.

“In the election campaign, (Kyriakos) Mitsotakis presented himself as a guarantor of political stability, economic growth, tax breaks, investments and new jobs,” the newspaper writes. Handelsblatt and points out that after the result of today’s elections “he can continue his reform course for the next four years”. Kyriakos Mitsotakis “therefore has a clear mandate to continue his one-party government”, the editor continues and points out that “the high performance of the newly founded far-right party Spartans, which (…) is considered an offshoot of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, which was banned, was a surprise as a terrorist organization by court order in 2020”.

“The ex-crisis country, which in 2015 was on the brink of bankruptcy under the Tsipras government, has made great progress in recent years in restructuring damaged budgets and reducing debt,” the German economic newspaper emphasizes, highlighting the fact that the Greece “will be in the first group of EU member states in economic growth from 2021, with investments having increased by 44% since Kyriakos Mitsotakis took office”.

The elections show that “the majority of the people in Greece count on the continuation of the current policy”, notes the columnist and adds that, on the contrary, “the leader of the opposition, Alexis Tsipras, found little response to his proposal for ‘change'”.

“The ruling party leads in the Greek parliamentary elections”, is the headline of the newspaper Die Zeit, which points out that “under Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek economy has stabilized after years of austerity, unemployment has decreased, the economy grew by 6% in 2022 and the rate of investment increased, while several taxes were reduced.” The left-wing party SYRIZA “found it difficult to oppose the course of New Democracy. After an election result of just 20% in May, he highlighted the social consequences of inflation as his most important issue,” adds the editor.

Her first channel German public broadcaster ARD in his response from Athens he refers to Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ “comfortable majority” and notes that “SYRIZA was punished by the voters, who obviously did not trust that Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister, can continue this successful economic course in which where Greece is now. The world obviously trusted stability and Mitsotakis. So in a way (SYRIZA) was slapped by the voters.” The ARD correspondent also emphasized that the two largest opposition parties will probably not cooperate, so one cannot expect a strong opposition, while she also noted the entry into parliament of the Spartans, who, she explained, are the successors of the “Golden Dawn”. Kyriakos Mitsotakis “has promised to continue the course and obviously that is what the voters wanted as well. It is on a very strong economic path, a stabilizing path, unemployment is decreasing in Greece, pensions and salaries are increasing, the economy grew last year by 6% (…) From a troubled child to a model student in Europe”, added the journalist .

On her second channel German public broadcaster ZDF, the correspondent in Athens reported that “the central issue for the Greeks was economic recovery, stability and they saw this in the last term of Mitsotakis. There was economic growth, pensions and the minimum wage increased, the unemployment rate almost halved. The opponent of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Alexis Tsipras, from the left party of SYRIZA, did not have much to oppose.”

The newspaper Die Zeit, under the title “The ruling party prevails in the parliamentary elections in Greece”, reports that “New Democracy emerges as a stronger party and the new legislation makes it easier for the former prime minister to form a government”. The publication mentions the election results and the statements of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while it is pointed out that during the election campaign, Mr. Mitsotakis “promised above all to modernize the Greek health system which is withering and to improve the economic situation of the Greeks”. . The leftist party SYRIZA “found it difficult to oppose the course of the ND”, adds the editor.

Under the title “Conservatives win clearly in Greece”, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, publishes a response from the German News Agency dpa from Athens, in which the percentages of the parties are mentioned, while the electoral law is also explained. In its analysis, the newspaper refers to the entry of small parties into parliament, while noting that the time has passed when elections in Greece were exciting, such as during the crisis period, when all of Europe had its eyes on Athens.

H Tagesspiegel he speaks of a “clear victory” for the party of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and points out that New Democracy can form a single-party government, while SYRIZA had a worse performance than that in the May elections. The newspaper describes the victory of the ND as expected and underlines that “under Harvard graduate Mitsotakis, the Greek economy has stabilized after years of austerity, unemployment has decreased, growth was 6% in 2022, the rate of investment increased and tourism is accelerating again this year.”