Intractability

A painful aspect of the social problem of housing in Greece is accommodation for students, the cost of which, especially in large cities and tourist destinations, is influencing the academic choices of prospective students.

After eight months in power the government finds itself in a rough patch as it must grapple with a variety of intractable issues at once.

It must wage battles on a number of fronts in an unstable international environment with constant vicissitudes and with the main opposition party on the attack on various important issues.