The conservative head of government is the favorite in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras and his Syriza are worn out. For Greeks, economic data counts more than business.
Athens. Final run in the Greek election campaign: Ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the conservative prime minister, took off his suit and tie and appeared on morning gossip shows, while former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, head of the left Syriza, the largest opposition party, announced Crete, Mitsotakis’ political headquarters, for “change”. According to polls that put Syriza between five and six percent behind the ruling conservative Nea Dimokratia (ND) party ahead of the vote, that doesn’t seem realistic.
The government appears to have stabilized its electoral base after a roller coaster ride following the Tempi train crash in late February, which killed 57 people and exposed the government’s chronic weaknesses. Mitsotakis “left out” of the accident, as well as the 2022 wiretapping scandal.