By Antonis Anzoletou

How long will his omnipotence last? Kyriakou Mitsotakis; This is the question that “burns” the staffs of the opposition forces. In the area of ​​the center-left they have their eyes set on returning to power, while in the “right-wing apartment building” they want a piece of the “pie” of 41%. Her dominance New Republic it started in 2019 and since then there is no rival. SYRIZA was “destabilized” last summer and PASOK is trying to gain momentum ahead of the European elections.

The facts are as follows: Everyday life puts a lot of pressure on the blue faction. The accuracy in the market, the problems in the NHS, high taxation, bad loans and the housing crisis give the opposition plenty of room to move. These issues along with the pandemic existed in the previous four years, however Alexis Tsipras was unable to bring his party back to power. If Kyriakos Mitsotakis manages to reach these levels unscathed until 2027, he will be the first post-revolutionary prime minister to claim a third consecutive term. And that in itself is a very big gamble. THE Konstantinos Karamanlis, Andreas Papandreou, Kostas Simitis and Alexis Tsipras, who won two consecutive electoral battles for different reasons did not proceed to another one. Having, however, a strong opposition against them. Kyriakos Mitsotakis “plays alone on the field” and his supporters emphasize that this is a result of the policy he has followed.

There are not a few who argue that the current government will receive the message to renew its mandate in 2027 if the current correlations are reflected in the European elections. The remaining three years that the blue faction will have in front of it has no reason not to emphasize a more pro-popular policy. To pay even more attention to vulnerable groups, low pensioners, workers and of course small and medium enterprises. In the majority they argue, after all, that the budget that was voted is characterized by the triptych: social sensitivity, development, fiscal discipline. Everyone watched the last days and the continuous firing of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. With his direct criticism of the amendment in relation to immigration, same-sex couples and Greek-Turkish relations, he comes to pull Kyriakos Mitsotakis by the “right sleeve”. And it is natural, after the presence of the former prime minister in Parliament and the vote against the regulation, to wonder in the majority whether they have acquired an active internal party opposition for the rest of the four years.

All this, however, is happening at a time when in the space of the center-left there is no “chemistry” that could lead SYRIZA, PASOK, the Pleussi Eleftherias, the New Left and MeRA25 to create something strong the day after the European elections.