November 7, 2011
Greek parliamentarian Dora Bakoyannis, the head of Greece's center-right Democratic Alliance party, speaks with SPIEGEL about the necessity of installing a new coalition government in Greece -- one that believes the country has a future in Europe.
SPIEGEL: What should the government that leads Greece out of the crisis look like?
Bakoyannis: With its black-and-white logic -- according to which one party is always right and the other one is always wrong -- the political system has brought us to where we now are. The old system is dead. We need a coalition government that believes Greece has a future in Europe.
SPIEGEL: So, does that mean you think there needs to be new elections as soon as possible?
Bakoyannis: We need the coalition government even before elections so that we can once again look our partners in the eyes and convince them that Greece has learned from its mistakes. In addition, we need independent experts and personalities in positions of leadership who can really implement the decisions coming out of Brussels, as well.
SPIEGEL: What would be different if your center-right New Democracy party was back in power instead of Giorgios Papandreou? The fact is that, until it was defeated in 2009, the party steered the country right into the debt crisis with its doctoring of the balance sheets and its falsified statistics.
Bakoyannis: There will no longer be any absolute majorities; New Democracy will be forced to govern together with others. That's important because the partners will not at all be bound to committing themselves to a binding program.
SPIEGEL: In the end, the same power cartel will be ruling -- but with reversed roles.
Bakoyannis: We will get a completely different parliament, one with more parties wanting to have a say in the government. Ninety-five percent of the members of our Democratic Alliance (party) are young people who have never been involved in politics.
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