For the first time since he elected president of New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis clearly requests to conduct elections.

The party considers that the election game will be determined during negotiation talks with Greece’s lenders, since Mr. Mitsotakis is certain that whether Greece will reach an agreement or not, the next day will be very difficult.

New Democracy believes that even if Alexis Tsipras manages to pass the required measures, he will face great difficulties in implementing them. Therefore, the issue of elections is on the table when the agreement is reached.

The party does not rule out either the possibility that Tsipras would like to conduct elections so as to get people’s permit to implement the measures, since after the program review is concluded the negotiation talks on debt relief will start.

Since there is a great possibility of elections due to upcoming new measures Kyriakos Mitsotakis has no reason to show that he is trying to avoid them “breeding Alexis Tsipras’ arrogance “, as his colleagues say. But, instead, the new polls showing ND leading over SYRIZA give him the confidence to ask for elections.