Kyriakos Mitsotakis

'He [the ND leader] is not among those in New Democracy who governed between 2004-2009 and who led the country with their irresponsible economic policy a step closer to catastrophe,' FAZ opined.

“The first thing that is necessary for economic growth to be boosted is a stable government, a strong majority in the next parliament,” Mitsotakis told Reuters

Citizens cannot endure any more experiments and they seek liberation from the shackles of the long and relentless crisis.

The only thing that Mitsotakis and PM Alexis Tsipras admit that they have in common is the conviction that they must attract voting groups from scratch and that every vote counts.

Gennimata was responding to Mitsotakis’ stark ultimatum to the electorate that the only path to political stability is a strong parliamentary majority for ND.

The profile raises questions about whether Greece’s creditors and European partners will be persuaded of the basic tenet of New Democracy’s platform, that it can bring the four percent growth rate it says will pay for deep tax cuts.

Tsipras’ central strategy is to deconstruct New Democracy’s main campaign narrative, that by lowering taxes one can spur a surge of investment that will create an economic take-off and create hundreds of thousands of well-paid new jobs.

“If for any reason a government cannot be formed after the 7 July election, then the country will ineluctably again head to elections in mid-August. Citizens should understand well what it means not to have a strong mandate on the night of 7 July,” Mitsotakis declared.

New Democracy, which enjoys a hefty lead in the polls, has rejected SYRIZA’s call for a second, one-on-one debate between Tsipras and Mitsotakis.

Mitsotakis has said that if he is elected Prime Minister he will honour the agreement but that he will work to improve certain provisions in their implementation.

Though the initial current of support for New Democracy may have come from the deep public consternation with SYRIZA’s broken promises and over-taxation, it now appears to be taking on the character of a positive vote for ND.

Though a solid majority has already decided who they feel is best suited to manage the country’s future, the next few weeks will be decisive in determining the power balances in the next Parliament.

Tsipras scrapped plans to hold elections in October after losing the 26 May European election to ND by a margin of 9.3 percentage points.

SYRIZA has begun the month-long campaign leading to the 7 July general election by erecting a polarising dichotomy between SYRIZA as the caring left-wing party that is the only bulwark against a grand restoration of neo-liberal austerity that it says is expressed by New Democracy.

Mitsotakis categorically declared that he will not fire any civil servants and that he will not have any future cooperation with former Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos, who on 1 June left the Movement for Change

The financial daily reports that investors are already buying up Greek stocks as they view the electoral results to date as the prelude of a victory for conservative-liberal New Democracy.

Konstantina Kouneva became a heroic figure of the trade unionist movement in Greece as a fervent advocate of the rights of cleaning women who provide services through outsourcing.

Mr. Tsipras has depicted himself as the protector of the poor and vulnerable and his opponent as a monster out of the Book of Revelation which has come to suck the blood of the people.

In the month-long general election campaign, ND and SYRIZA will work toward limiting defections to other parties. ND will call on the electorate to hand it a strong single-party absolute majority in Parliament

The move came immediately after main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis demanded that Tsipras resign and call a general election.