Mitsotakis launches pre-election drive, names Kyranakis party secretary to secure third term

Pre-election rally

On 10 June 2026, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed the Political Committee of New Democracy at the party’s headquarters in Moschato, effectively signalling the start of the campaign for the 2027 parliamentary elections. He described the period ahead as “a demanding marathon until the 2027 elections” and told the party’s new secretary, Konstantinos Kyranakis, to “step on the gas”. The entire party apparatus was placed on election footing, with Mitsotakis insisting that “every day counts” and that the outcome will be decided from the very first kilometres of the race.

When you run a marathon, the race is won from the first kilometres. The good marathon runner has rhythm from early on.

New secretary takes the helm

Konstantinos Kyranakis was unanimously elected by acclamation as the new secretary of the Political Committee. Mitsotakis praised him as “a cadre with a long path in the faction since his student years, from DAP, from ONNED”. In his own address, Kyranakis recounted the experience of his generation during the decade-long crisis and stressed that “we all have to sweat the jersey of the faction” to lead New Democracy to another victory. He thanked the prime minister for trusting him and giving opportunities to a generation that struggled through austerity and brain drain, half of whom left the country.

Neo-Democrats, we did it. All together we did it. Today we live in a Greece with a strong economy, with military superiority on land, air and sea.

Strategy for a single Sunday

Mitsotakis warned that talk of a second ballot undermines the party’s quest for an outright majority. He insisted that “the Sunday of the great election will be one, and only this Sunday can bring self-reliance”, seeking to discourage protest voting in a first round. The party fears that voters might cast a protest vote assuming a second round will follow, so the message is that the first round must deliver a definitive result.

Courting the centre and the right

The prime minister identified two priority audiences: centrist voters who backed ND in 2019 and 2023 but have drifted away, and traditional conservative supporters who may be tempted by a new party from former prime minister Antonis Samaras. He called for reaching out to “our friends who were disappointed” and those who had once stood together “in the great battle of Yes to Europe”. At the same time, he underlined the government’s foreign policy and defence programmes as proof of patriotic commitment, warning that some “drown themselves in calm waters, forgetting that we always keep them free and blue”.

Opposition attacks and a ‘Babel’ of rivals

Mitsotakis dismissed the opposition parties as a “comic-tragic Babel” that, despite speaking different languages, agrees on one slogan: “Down with ND and Mitsotakis”. He took aim at his predecessor Alexis Tsipras for “yesterday’s protagonists with supposedly today’s masks and day-before-yesterday’s slogans”, and at the planned Samaras party, insisting that ND “never loses its soul” and proves its patriotism “not with easy slogans from the safety of the sofa, but with actions in the field”. He also criticised Maria Karystianou as “gravediggers of anger” and Kyriakos Velopoulos for selling “religion and patriotism by the kilo”.

We will go around all of Greece again, from one end to the other. Every day counts.

Government record and the next four years

Defending his two terms, Mitsotakis highlighted digital reforms through gov.gr, the increase of the minimum wage from €650 to €920 (with a target of €950 by 2027), the creation of 560,000 jobs, tax cuts, and infrastructure projects such as the Thessaloniki metro extension. He claimed that the public health system is undergoing “perhaps the biggest revolution ever in public health”, with upgrades at 80 hospitals and over 150 health centres, and school renovations at 2,000 sites. These achievements form the backbone of the “Agenda 2030” platform that will underpin the bid for a third term.