Tom Ellis

The political landscape as we have known it for the past few years is in for a major shakeup with the upcoming launch of two new political parties – one led by former leftist prime minister Alexis Tsipras and the other by Maria Karystianou, the mother of one of the victims of the 2023 Tempe railway disaster, and the former head of the activist association representing survivors and the victims' families.

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Former prime minister Antonis Samaras is moving closer to establishing his own party, further complicating Greece's political scene, less than a year before the country holds its next national elections.

I don't know if Greece is “ungovernable,” but I do know that the apparent further fragmentation of the political landscape with the addition of new players – some of them with quite an impact on the electorate map – will make it that much harder to manage major issues, first and foremost in the area of national security.

Common sense tends to be the best guide when it comes to making decisions. Even though political decisions are determined by many different parameters – from ideology to personal agendas – common sense is still the best compass. There is no ideological bent to this observation; it is obvious and it applies across the political spectrum.

Dealing realistically and effectively with today's complex problems, both on the domestic and international fronts, will be more difficult under the political circumstances being created in Greece.

It is disheartening that at a time when the United States is not only distancing itself from Europe but is also pressuring it to take responsibility for its own security, European countries are unable to reach solutions of cooperation and unity that would signal new prospects in defense autonomy.

Opinion polls are center stage these days as we are moving closer to the next national elections, which have to be held within the next 12 months; the prime minister insists they will take place in the spring of '27.

The ongoing efforts by Greece's political parties to rally their supporters and win over new ones are to be expected. Their chance of success, however, will increase if the arguments they put forward are convincing and their goals are realistic.

Faced with the persistent problem of traffic jams, which is getting worse as more private cars enter the congested streets of Greece's major cities every year, there is a debate about how to increase the use of public transportation as one of the ways to deal with the issue.