Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos is a political analyst and longstanding columnist for the Athens daily Ta Nea. A political insider, he is considered one of the best informed journalists on domestic policy issues.
Updated: 20 July 2011
Embed a tax into electricity bills: the most recent proposal from the government is an admission of failure of the measures taken in the last year and a half, writes Ta Nea. And the worst of it is that some officials are refusing to implement it.
The extraordinary Eurozone summit on 21 July is supposed to put an end to the Greek crisis. A well-known Athens columnist argues that decisive action is long overdue, because the Greeks are tired of doing what they are told and obtaining nothing in return.