A wedding party with a lingering political hangover

At first, the proponents of marriage equality seemed vindicated. The debate was heated, but there was no social backlash. The bill passed without bloodshed. The issue seemed to have been forgotten, as they had predicted. Until the European elections came along and ruling party officials - even some who had voted for the controversial law - said that the party had "lost its soul" because of "the gay community" and had lost touch with its traditional voters.

Today, the Prime Minister's Office seems to be trying to heal this trauma, showing that it accepts this theory. But what do the numbers show?

Is marriage finally an issue that plagues voters? Did it play a role in the outcome of the European elections? Does it justify a shift to the right?

Kathimerini spoke to pollsters, political analysts and ruling party officials in search of answers to these questions....