The political and electoral plan of New Democracy until the completion of the governmental term and the resort to the ballot box in 2027 was clearly presented by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the podium of the Political Committee of the ruling party. The session also marked a new organizational page for the party, as Konstantinos Kyranakis was unanimously elected as the new secretary of the Political Committee. The Prime Minister’s speech had strong pre-electoral characteristics, despite the fact that national elections are still almost a year away. Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempted to describe New Democracy’s political narrative for the coming period, to define the dilemmas that will be posed to citizens, and simultaneously to send messages both to the opposition and to the interior of the ruling party.
Mitsotakis: elections in 2027
From the first moment he rushed to put an end to scenarios of early resort to the ballot box in autumn 2026, repeating that the electoral cycle will be completed normally in 2027. At the same time, he gave particular emphasis to the goal of self-sufficiency, seeking to prevent from now phenomena of loose voting among New Democracy voters.
“The Sunday of the great choice will be one. And this single Sunday must bring self-sufficiency,” he characteristically stressed, sending a message that the governmental party faces the next elections as a critical confrontation, without a second round.
Elections as a decisive milestone and appeal to the undecided
In his remarks, the Prime Minister attempted to highlight the gravity of the next elections, an element that is expected to constitute a central axis of governmental argumentation in the coming period. As he emphasized, the 2027 confrontation will not simply concern the alternation of persons or parties in power, but the overall course of the country in the coming years. “The country has no margin to lose time and opportunities, nor to enter a dead-end road without having at its helm a strong and serious government,” he noted, attempting to connect stability with governmental continuity.
In the same context, he addressed a call to undecided citizens (note: all polls record that almost 50% of the undecided come from ND), essentially inaugurating from now the battle for attracting voters who chose New Democracy in the 2019 and 2023 ballot boxes and now appear dissatisfied and distanced. “No one can remain inactive or undecided. Tomorrow’s dilemmas will be relentless: do we want progress with a plan, consistency and work, or a return to experiments we once paid dearly for?” he said characteristically. This particular address also reflects the strategy that appears to be forming at the Maximos Mansion: the confrontation will not be built only on governmental work, but also on comparison with previous periods of political instability or economic uncertainty.
Tours throughout the country and organizational mobilization
The plan presented by the Prime Minister includes activation of the entire party mechanism throughout the territory, with tours by himself as well as ministers, MPs and party officials. The goal is to maintain open communication with local communities and the “awakening” of blue cores throughout the country. In this context, Kyriakos Mitsotakis travels to Rhodes tomorrow, while simultaneously coordinated sorties of governmental and party teams begin in the periphery. The first organized phase of tours begins from the Central Macedonia Region, where top ministers, general secretaries, MPs and party officials participate. During June, similar actions are scheduled in Epirus, Thessaly and Western Greece. Already, a team led by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis visited Pieria, while in Imathia, Minister of Rural Development and Food Margaritis Schinas and Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Nikos Tachiaos toured. At the same time, a tour took place in Kilkis under Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. This mobilization is interpreted by party officials as the beginning of a long pre-electoral preparation, which will gradually culminate as the electoral confrontation approaches.
The new governmental program and citizens’ “pockets”
The Prime Minister made particular reference to the preparation of New Democracy’s new program, which is being processed by a special committee under the coordination of Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. Kyriakos Mitsotakis characterized the program under formation as “a new contract of responsibility with society,” attempting to give political and social depth to the party’s new programmatic proposal. As he explained, the new roadmap will be based on three basic axes: further development of the national economy, strengthening deterrent power and the country’s international presence, as well as institutional modernization of the state. According to the Prime Minister, the political stigma of this effort is condensed in the slogans “Stability with results” and “Changes with a plan,” while the well-known governmental motto “we said it, we do it” aspires to constitute the basis on which the relationship of trust with citizens will be built.
However, the top element of ND’s pre-electoral campaign for the 2027 ballot box will be targeting the improvement of incomes and reduction of citizens’ taxation. “Citizens’ ‘pockets’ and household budgets are the top priority of our new cycle towards 2030. The progress of numbers must be translated into tangible benefit for everyone,” the Prime Minister stressed, emphasizing that this will also be the central targeting of the pre-electoral program for New Democracy’s third term.
New faces on ballot lists
References were also made to the composition of New Democracy’s future ballot lists. Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that interest in participation is particularly increased and foreshadowed that relevant announcements will be made gradually in the coming period. More revealing appeared the new secretary of the Political Committee, Konstantinos Kyranakis, who foreshadowed substantial renewal of the blue electoral lists. “They must be filled, as you said, with new blood, with new officials, who will enter politics for the first time,” he noted characteristically, giving the mark of an effort to renew the party’s personnel potential. This reference is interpreted as an intention to expand representation of younger officials, as well as persons coming from civil society or professional spaces outside the traditional party mechanism.
Messages to Samaras and opposition
The Prime Minister’s speech also contained clear political barbs, both to the opposition and to discussions developing around the brewing political initiatives of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. “The recognition of national rights and Greece’s geopolitical role answers those who question the patriotism of responsibility,” he initially noted, and photographing the former ND Prime Minister even more, he said that “it is those who drown alone in calm waters, forgetting that we keep them blue and free.” At the same time, he emphasized that the government chooses the patriotism of action and not of slogans, insisting that its political choices are judged in the field of results. “ND never loses either its soul or its pace,” he stressed, also addressing indirectly what Mr. Samaras has said sharply recently, while he made particular reference to the patriotic and popular character of the party, which, as he said, New Democracy proves “not with easy slogans and from the safety of the couch, but with actions in the field.”
The clash with “populism”
Continuing, speaking about the opposition he used particularly harsh language, characterizing today’s opposition forces as a political space without governmental prospect. “This troupe has no goal to govern, but to exhaust Greece. It knows that anger spreads faster than hope. Our opponent has no party name or named political persons, it is only the problems,” he declared. The Prime Minister continued his attack speaking of “cheap propaganda,” “toxicity” and “insidious rumor-mongering,” which he accused of distorting reality and cultivating a climate of confusion in society. “With them our opponents, cheap propaganda, toxicity and insidious rumor-mongering that alter reality, causing confusion and passivity. We have a duty to resist this populism that is flaring up again,” he emphasized.
Need for rallying but also expansion
In the last part of his speech, Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized the need for rallying but also expanding New Democracy’s electoral influence. “Everyone has a place” in New Democracy, he noted characteristically, addressing a call both to traditional voters who have distanced themselves in recent years and to citizens who had sided with the pro-European camp during the critical period of the referendum. The Prime Minister acknowledged that there are citizens who express reservations or disagreements with governmental choices, noting however that the party must approach them with sincerity and political arguments. “The choice we will ask for is a break with what is wrong and completion of a creative cycle that began in 2019 and continued in 2023,” he noted. With this address, Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempted to present the next electoral confrontation as the third and decisive chapter of a political course that began with the assumption of governance in 2019 and, according to the governmental narrative, must be completed with a new mandate in 2027.
