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If this government doesn’t show from Day 1 that it’s determined to take on chronic illnesses, such as a severe lack of organization and efficiency in the public administration, its momentum will fizzle out quickly. If it remains beholden to interests in the private and public sector, this administration’s days will be numbered. A combination of watered-down austerity and reform inertia will not convince anyone. Both will be gifts to an emboldened SYRIZA that will argue the new government is neither improving Greeks’ current lot, nor changing the compromised policies of the past few decades.
This coalition will have a tiny window of opportunity to convince people to endure more economic pain in the hope that their sacrifices are not going to waste. If its leaders think the coalition government can survive by simply continuing with the introversion that has pervaded Greek politics, they’re in for a nasty surprise. The onus is on Samaras, Venizelos and Kouvelis to use this moment to stop Greece’s decline. If they fail, they’ll be pulled down faster than those campaign posters.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite3_1_21/06/2012_448246