Initiatives aimed at streamlining bureaucracy and reducing costs have run into opposition from unions and the left, and Karamanlis had hoped the elections would bring him a strong show of support from the public at large.
Iniţiativele destinate reducerii birocraţiei şi costurilor s-au lovit de opoziţia sindicatelor şi partidelor de stânga, iar Karamanlis sperase că alegerile îi vor aduce o dovadă puternică de sprijin din partea publicului larg.