Main opposition leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, this week again told foreign media that the thrice bailed-out Greece will provide the first example of a country that has emerged from the clutches of 21st century "populism".
Main opposition leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, this week again told foreign media that the thrice bailed-out Greece will provide the first example of a country that has emerged from the clutches of 21st century "populism".
Mitsotakis' again painted the current Greek government, now entirely composed of leftist SYRIZA cadres and a handful of independent MPs and previous office-holders hailing from Greece's right-wing political spectrum to socialist PASOK, as the direct product of populist rhetoric and positions.
His interview was carried by the French mass daily "Le Figaro".
With his center-right New Democracy (ND) party riding high in all mainstream opinion polls, the former minister repeated that "populism brought SYRIZA to power in 2015 ... since then we've all realized that they are liars and incompetent, and that we must turn the page."
He again ticked off his priorities for an upcoming ND government - assuming it comes in first in the next election and can form a majority in Parliament - such as a more effective public administration, improvements in education and less delays in the justice system.