It may be that the fights in the center-left and the lack of a common step even on two or three top pre-election issues gave points to New Democracy thus contributing to its overwhelming victory, but it seems that there aqre some who continue along these lines as if they did not understand what happened eight days ago .

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis didn't just defy pollsters with his sweeping election victory in Greece on Sunday. He also broke through the barriers that his main political opponent tried to put up against him, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the elections held in Greece.

Reactions caused by George Katrougalos' statement about the insurance contributions were immediate and came in droves, resulting in the former minister's withdrawal from the elections after communication with party leader Alexis Tsipras.