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 usmerene na pojednostavljivanje birokratije i smanjenje cena naišle su na protivljenje sindikata i levice, i Karamanlis se nadao da će mu izbori doneti snažan pokazatelj podrške šire javnosti.