Opposing Greece’s membership in NATO

In the mid-1970s, after decades of political turmoil,Greece finally seemed to be on the path to stability.With the introduction
of a new constitution and negotiations underway to enter European institutions,many analysts expected Greek politics
to follow the pattern of the larger Western world.Then in 1981, a political party called PASOK came to power.Its charismatic leader Andreas Papandreou railed against the new constitution,
and accused those in power of “national betrayal.”Opposing Greece’s membership in NATO and the European Economic Community,Papandreou promised to govern for the betterment of the “common peopleabove all else.