The OPEKEPE scandal has come accompanied by an admission of failure by the Prime Minister but also an assurance that “the battle with the deep state will be won”.

In reality, though, his “sadly, we failed” is just the tip of the iceberg of the problems that lie ahead for the Mitsotakis administration.

The government has failed to rein in a parasitic network that has been operating unchecked for six years with the complicity, backing or involvement of its highest echelons.

At the same time, this administration, which claims to be ‘European’, has failed to protect the country’s prestige in Europe, the public purse, and the nation’s rural population and economy.

It has also failed, though it claims to be reformist, to implement cuts and reforms that would break once and for all with the model and era of a backward and impoverished Greece.

Finally, it has failed, although it claims to place its faith in our national institutions, to restore the broken trust between citizens and state powers.

Instead, the gap with Europe has widened, the reforms have been shelved, and the institutions—amidst the wiretapping and other scandals—have been dealt body blows after body blow.

Today, the government and the Prime Minister seem to have been blackmailed by various “loose cannons” who have threatened to “tell all”.

If that’s the case, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the government’s travails.