European institutions sometimes hold up a mirror to us, in which we see Greece’s bad side. This was especially true during the years of the economic crisis, when the entire administrative structure and the political mores that shaped it came under scrutiny.
However, at some point we must stop needing “supervisors” and their observations to correct what we know well is holding the country back. The first step would be to see our weaknesses, without downplaying them.
Above all, we must stop justifying primitive political practices that equate political representation with clientelism as “Greek peculiarities.” Some “national traditions” are meant to be broken.