After The Economist listed Greece as the unlikely economic winner of 2022, the Economist Intelligence Unit has now highlighted the country as one of the best performers on its Democracy Index for 2022, with Greece registering the fifth-biggest increase in score of all the countries covered by the index. Nikos Efstathiou, the deputy editor in chief at the weekly magazine LiFO and a former journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into this Greek comeback, and explore the work that needs to be done as Greece strengthens its economy and democracy.

Read the EIU report here: Democracy Index 2022

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