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.
Inicijative u cilju smanjenja birokracije i troškova dobile su potporu opozicije putem sindikata i ljevice, te se Karamanlis nadao kako će mu to donijeti veću potporu javnosti.