I think it is a dark irony having junta and king nostalgic lovers seeking to anyhow have a stance at least in local political matters through that thing.

 Greek Mafia seems to be that intercomplicated you may hardly say who is who and if they actually believe in what they say.

A. The institution of democracy exists , practically this is how Greece Rejoined the Free World after 1974 , that means no balkan like aspirations unless the lamb chops are free and the girls arberesche or wallach are free for the taking and the local lads have no problem with that for the sake of a country they never gave a shit unless the toilet is made of gold and clean with byzantine blessings.

B. The elite as arose after 1974 is heavily depended on US connections that typically seems to have been transferred to Brussels.

There seem to be 2 Greeces and probably the pattern applies for SouthEast Europe , the Balkan - Nationalist one and the European - American one , this is not ideology but interests intertwined as usual.

Greek reluctance to further involve positively in Ukraine for instance counts mostly on Commerce with Russia the...Argument of Byzantine relations is a joke Moscow itself used to create problems and mess with the Balkans compare to the Ottoman Empire the last 200 years before the Greek Revolution which admittedly hastened the Patient to the neo turk rise.