Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has formally launched his campaign for a third consecutive term, telling delegates at the ruling New Democracy party congress that the 2027 elections will be a direct contest between his economic record and opposition leaders he portrayed as a threat to the country’s hard-won stability.
Speaking at the party’s 16th National Congress at the Metropolitan Expo center in Athens, Mr. Mitsotakis declared that his blueprint for the next legislative cycle “starts today,” framing the vote as a choice between his platform and opposition figures Alexis Tsipras and Nikos Androulakis. “What we have conquered cannot be gambled away on a roll of the dice,” he told delegates.
Mr. Mitsotakis cited seven years of consecutive governance in which Greece regained investment-grade credit status, cut unemployment from 18 to 8 percent and reduced its debt-to-GDP ratio — achievements he contrasted sharply with the bailout austerity that defined the previous decade.
For a third term, Mr. Mitsotakis outlined a three-pronged agenda: deep structural economic reforms, a stronger national defense posture, and a constitutional overhaul targeting 30 articles.
Proposed revisions include allowing non-state universities, capping public spending to prevent future fiscal crises and introducing postal voting for domestic elections.
He also invoked Greece’s forthcoming European Union presidency in July 2027 as a strategic argument for continuity, warning that political instability at that moment would damage the country’s standing in Brussels.
Mr. Mitsotakis closed with a direct appeal to former New Democracy voters and members who have drifted from the party, urging a unified front as Greece moves toward its 2030 modernization targets.
