Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Children alone and filthy, adults crammed behind fences and prison-like conditions, the

treatment of immigrants in America's detention centers has hit centers stage in the public

consciousness and in politics. We ask about the push to reduce the migrant suffering.

And the Women's World Cup final this weekend is expected to be thrilling. The quality of

play has increased dramatically since the last tournament and the amount of money pouring

into the sport these days means it's only going to get better.

But first, in 2015 the leftist Alexis Cipras became the prime minister of Greece in

an earthquake election win. He took over a country mired in an economic collapse that had

begun in 2009 and that rattled the whole Eurozone. He's credited with helping to hoist

Greece out of its debt crisis. But on the streets it's clear there's still much to be done.

In May's elections to the European Parliament Mr. Cipras' Siriza party did so poorly that

he called a snap election. So this weekend Greeks go to the polls again and the clear

favorite is Kiriako Mitsotakis, a man described as the polar opposite of Mr. Cipras. Can

he and his new democracy party bring this stability that the people clearly want?

Greece today feels like a country that has just about picked itself up and dusted itself

down after the trauma of its economic crisis earlier in the decade.

Jeremy Cliff writes Charlemagne, our column about European politics.

Normality is returning to Greek life in many ways and at the same time the country still

bears the scars. Youth unemployment is still around 40%. The debt is still 180% of GDP.

And so it's in this environment that Kiriako Mitsotakis, the leader of the Conservative

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