By Dora Antoniou

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in London, and tomorrow he will have a meeting with his British counterpart, Keir Starmer.

The prime minister over the weekend sought to deconstruct a series of persistent scenarios that lend fluidity to the political scene and took care to outline the framework in which the government will seek to regain the initiative of the movements and “conversation” with the electoral base as in the progressive Center as well as to its right.

In particular, with an interview he gave (ANT1) he wanted to put an end to:

  • in early election scenarios, stating that elections will be held in 2027 and reiterating that he will not change the electoral law.
  • to the rumor that he himself may “escape”, looking for some European position, clarifying that he himself will lead the ND. and in the next election.
  • to the speculations about possible political instability due to the departure of MPs or a crisis that will arise due to the presidential election, as he appeared confident that the ND Parliamentary Group is “reinforced”.

The prime minister plays the role of the guarantor of political stability, setting against the orientation for a four-year exhaustion the crisis and instability in a number of European countries. At the same time, it seeks to stop the corrosive scenario within the government and the ND, as, as has been proven in the past, a prolonged debate about possible political developments works paralyzing, lowers pencils, and threatens to develop into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The time when Mr. Mitsotakis chose for his intervention is not by chance. The opinion prevails in the prime minister’s staff that a cycle that opened with the result of the European elections and brought a series of rearrangements in the political scene is closing.

Demographically, it seems to be consolidating that the ND maintains the percentage of the European elections, with PASOK in second place but at a distance, and from then on a wide fragmentation of political forces is reflected. The prime minister, therefore, seeks to give a restart signal to the government and the party, with the aim of regaining strength both towards the Center in order to prevent the further expansion and strengthening of PASOK, as well as in the right wing, where losses are recorded.

The “weapons” that the government will use in this battle, he described in his speech at the opening ceremony of the metro in Thessaloniki, encoding the messages that will dominate:

  • That the government is effective: “We said it and we did it”, a message that will dominate as a number of projects across the territory are expected to begin completion.
  • That it is reformative and fights “the pathologies we want to leave behind us: bureaucracy, political audacity, delays. of party smallness, misery, easy passions”.
  • That the course of the faction continues undisturbed: “Proud to deliver a project that Konstantinos Karamanlis had included in the budget in 1976 as prime minister”.
  • That it is close to society through the “genuine popular character of the New Democracy”.
  • That he prioritizes where the party “suffers” from leaks to the right and, in this case, in Northern Greece, which he identified as the focus for “the political and social orientation of this government”.

Visit to London

The restart and upgrading of Greek-British relations, which will be at the center of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with his British counterpart Keir Starmer tomorrow, is one part of the Prime Minister’s visit to London. Today he will announce the opening of the 3rd Greek Investment Conference organized by Morgan Stanley in collaboration with the Athens Stock Exchange and on this occasion he is expected to send a message to investors about political and fiscal stability in Greece, at a time when powerful European countries are facing risk both political and fiscal instability.

In the meeting with the British Prime Minister, developments in the wider region are expected to be discussed, in particular the escalation on the Ukrainian front and the situation in the Middle East, as well as immigration and Euro-British relations.

Bilaterally, cooperation in the fields of shipping, research and innovation are expected to be at the center of attention, while for Athens the issue of the Parthenon Sculptures remains a cutting edge issue and as the Prime Minister stated, the discussion with the British Museum “remains active ».