Greek conservatives elected Kyriakos Mitsotakis as their new leader, hoping to have the opportunity to revive their prospects and to confront leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, says Reuters.
New Democracy is seeking to recover from the heavy defeat in September, when Greeks elected SYRIZA again. Mitsotakis is expected to exert pressure on 41-year-old Tsipras ahead of a crucial vote in parliament to reform the pension system as part of a first evaluation of Greece’s bailout program, according to the Reuters report.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis represents the new generation of right-wing policies in Greece and has pledged to lead his party towards the center of the political chessboard, reports AFP.
“A year after losing power in Greece, the conservative New Democracy party elected Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 47, son of a former prime minister, leader of the new” says the French agency report.
Mitsotakis will spearhead the Greek opposition party. He pledges not to support the reform of the state pension system, according to the Financial Times.
Renowned financial commentator Hugo Dixon wrote about the Mitsotakis victory: “This means the country finally has a credible opposition. He’s liberal to boot,” wrote Dixon in Twitter.
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