President of Greece

In just a few phrases and without a stentorian delivery, adoration of antiquity, or grandiose turns of phrase, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou laid out her vision for the new Greece that the PM has pledged to establish.

The inter-party consensus in election included New Democracy, main opposition SYRIZA, and the centre-left Movement for Change. Many expressed hopes that this political consensus may be maintained .

The office of President of the Hellenic Republic has an enormous special weight institutionally and in substance.

In ignoring the pleas of the academic community, the state is failing to uphold basic rights such as the unhindered transmission of knowledge and the free exchange of ideas.