The difficult first 50 days

The first 50 days of New Democracy's second term in power have been difficult for the government and painful for the country.

From the big wildfires on the islands and western Attica and the lack of coordination between the police and firefighting services, to the explosions of bombs and missiles at the ammunition depot of the New Anchialos airbase in Central Greece, to the gradual return of skyrocketing inflation and, more recently, the final straw that was the disgraceful inability of the Greek authorities to prevent the orchestrated criminal acts of Croat hooligans and their Greek collaborators that resulted in the death of one person, serious injuries of many others and a lot of property damages - the outcome is indeed a sad one.

The absence of meaningful political opposition - due to its weak performance in the recent elections - has created a situation where the...