Useful skills for other reforms

Establishing equal rights in political marriage is an important step in our politics and social progress. The passing of the change to Civil Law shows that daring, sensitivity and persistence can overcome problems that until today were considered taboo. The fact that Kyriakos Mitsotakis chose to risk rupture with a significant section of New Democracy voters highlights several aspects of his political talent and strategy: He dares to take political risks for reform (for politics to respond to the time's challenges) but also to establish himself and his party as the reformist force at the center of the political scene. With this action, he showed up the eclectic forces that have always resisted reform. "Hymns with left fists in the air and prayers with anti-parliamentary slogans do not belong to this dialogue," he declared in Parliament on Thursday. The message was aimed also at...