A government out of steam

There is an old Greek saying - my grandfather used it often: "Don't admire the swimmer when he first gets into the water, wait till he is done," meaning wait before you declare someone or something a success. About five years ago, in this column, I was hopeful that the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis was willing and able to bring about major positive changes to the country. Today I am not so sure.

I think the government did well dealing with Turkey weaponizing the refugee crisis and pushed back on the issue of territorial waters, showing to the world, but especially Turkey, that Greece has its own red lines. The government did very well also when it came to the Covid crisis. Clearly the Greek people agreed and gave Mitsotakis another electoral victory a year ago. But that was then, and this is now.

For the last year the Greek government seems to have been out of...