Way ahead lies in national line

The crisis has triggered all sorts of divisions and reactions in the Greek people. We had fair warning that the resumption of name talks with Skopje would not be easy and could serve as a vent for a society that feels humiliated and hurt - and this precisely what is happening right now.

Such outbursts of emotion and reaction have happened in the past and the issue always is how they are dealt with by politicians and other leaders in the country. One part of the political elite seems to break out in hives whenever it hears the people speak on the subject of the name dispute. It makes the mistake of responding with cold, snobbish criticism that only serves to suggests an abhorrence of the way many Greeks think. This is the same mistake made by Hillary Clinton when she denigrated people who believe in conspiracy theories and Donald Trump's claims. It is an attitude that is...