Political professionalism

Can party leaders reach out to voters across a broad social spectrum if their rhetoric is bare of emotional high notes, some psychological manipulation and plenty of tugging at the heartstrings? When they come across as rational, structured, clean-cut - but also possibly a bit dry?

When they make no promises but make it clear that they are at hand and have the right technocratic knowledge to work in order to help the country exit the crisis?

In an interview with Skai TV on Thursday night, New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis used a different kind of communication method than those we had become accustomed to by previous opposition leaders.

"I will only promise those things I can deliver," he said in the interview. The conservative leader pledged to lower the ENFIA unified property tax and carry out a number of significant reforms. He also said he...