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Athanasios Diamandopoulos believes that the swarming of many new small parties is very easy in small countries under the conditions of ideological delegitimation of the existing political system. "In the USA, there was a time when both political poles had lost their effectiveness. For example, during the term of George Bush's son, the social image of the Republican Party was tragic. However, the size and nature of the federal state do not allow the concentration of financial and communication capital to "break" the current two-party system and the formation of new parties at national level. On the other hand in small countries with small financial, and especially communication, capital in the presence of a trend and when negation and populism rule, formations such as the one of Panos Kamenos are possible, though his political discourse is extremely primitive. However, I think they can win the votes of a very small part of the electoral constituency, especially among the disadvantaged layers in terms of education and intelligence. And this may lead to a remarkable, but dangerous to the political system, participation in the elections."

As for the recently intensified debate on whether there should be early elections, the opinion of the political scientist is that they cannot be postponed indefinitely. He is convinced that whenever they take place, an unprecedented high percentage of voters will not go to vote. "Nevertheless, social anger has to be vented, even if only for a very short period of time. Elections will delegalize for some time the cabinet that will be formed, possibly a joint government between New Democracy and PASOK. And this "sidewalk" means of protest, this absolute negation is likely to be limited for some time too. In this sense, although it is not a cure to be used permanently, the elections will probably give a little breath to the political system. If combined with seriousness, responsibility, approximation of positions, while the economic upturn is evolving globally, and if Greece elects a stable minister to protect citizens, to restore public order at least to a small degree and therefore, to improve the situation for investors, elections may bring times a little better than the present."

Athanasios Diamandopoulos believes that the existence of smaller parties with extreme political views depends on the two major parties. "Disaffiliations of members of New Democracy and PASOK after the vote on the second memorandum have ideologically homogenized them and given them an opportunity for a more effective political presence in comparison to what they had until now."

He believes that smaller parties do not seek the same voters. "They are turning to the same extremes of the ideological spectrum. But the populist position of Mikis Theodorakis, Alexis Mitropoulos, etc. is quite different from the dynamic right, which is represented by the widespread Golden Dawn and the extreme right of Panos Kamenos. Theodorakis and everyone around him are turning to all those set against the West, Kamenos is turning to the low educated vagabonds of the populist right and Golden Dawn – to the bullies from the extreme right determined to violently interfere."