Akis Skertsos has delivered a comprehensive review of the Kyriakos Mitsotakis government’s record from 2019 to the present day. In a post on social media, the Minister of State outlined four key objectives behind the government’s performance review, which is being presented across every region of the country. “Seven years on, this is an opportunity to reintroduce ourselves and revisit what we have achieved together — as well as what continues to hurt us and needs to be fixed. After all, the modernization of the state has no expiration date. In any case, the glass is half full. Greece is changing and moving forward, with everyone and for everyone,” Skertsos wrote, among other things.
The full post by Minister of State Akis Skertsos
“How do you codify and communicate seven years of government work? People don’t vote with their minds fixed on the past — they vote with their eyes set on the future. That’s why elections are not won through performance reviews alone. They are won through a persistent effort to improve the present, combined with realistic yet ambitious proposals for a more optimistic and just future for everyone, without exclusions.
Our record, however, is the foundation of our credibility. We can promise a better future because we have proven that we have been — and continue to be — consistent in the commitments we made to citizens, both in 2019 and in 2023.
The government performance review we have prepared and are presenting across every region of the country aims to achieve four things:
— To remind people of what we have accomplished from 2019 to the present, across 30 policy areas, in a measurable and indisputable way.
— To highlight the importance of credibility, consistency, and effectiveness in restoring public trust in politics and in the governance of the country.
— To substantiate, with solid evidence, that New Democracy is the only political force that doesn’t just promise one, two, or three things — but delivers on at least nine out of ten of its commitments. It is, therefore, a force of pragmatism and responsibility.
— And finally, to serve as a “digital repository” — a go-to reference, as we used to say in school — containing the key arguments and data that counter every attempt at dismissal or negation, whether from left-wing or far-right populism.
We are halfway through a decade-long effort to transform our country — its state, its economy, and its society — with a horizon set at 2030, marking 200 years since the formation of the modern Greek state. We know that the deep-rooted problems plaguing our country are still numerous. Yet our progress is undeniable and measurable.
Across many policy areas, we have managed to defeat the “frozen time” of Greek reality — decades during which nothing changed. We have a duty to continue this effort, to resolve the last remaining major issues that have weighed us down like anchors, some dating back to the previous century.
Seven years on, this is an opportunity to reintroduce ourselves and revisit what we have achieved together — as well as what continues to hurt us and needs to be fixed. After all, the modernization of the state has no expiration date. In any case, the glass is half full. Greece is changing and moving forward, with everyone and for everyone.
