The maximum possible mobilization of New Democracy for “reaffirmation of the result” of May 21 in the showdown with the system of enhanced proportionality is the dominant goal of the new election campaign of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who openly marks 40%+ as a… minimum threshold for the party. From the double slogan of the previous period “clear first – significant lead from the second”, Mitsotakis keeps only the first part, reformulated with the phrase “strong parliamentary majority” and this time without emphasizing the importance of the scope of the difference between in the first and second parties. “The score of the first match does not count, we start from the beginning”, he repeated himself on Friday morning in his television interview (ANT1). Behind Mitsotakis’ need to bring to the fore the need for “comfortable self-reliance” and overall behind the new quantitative goals of New Democracy mathematics of the second ballot are hidden which are different from the simple proportional system.

Results of a latest opinion poll, unveiled on Thursday, shows a sufficient majority for incumbent New Democracy (ND) to form a new government, all ahead of a June 25 general election, which comes a little more than a month after a first ballot on May 21.

With a difference of a few hours and for different reasons, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Alexis Tsipras were yesterday in Western Athens, which on the evening of May 21 changed... color on the electoral map, causing diametrically opposite feelings in two party staffs - celebration on Piraeus Street, gloom in Koumoundourou.