On May 17, 1958, Konstantinos Karamanlis is sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece for the third time in a row, despite the intra-party rebellion within the ERE that he faced in February of that year. The inauguration of the government came at a time of rapid international events. On the one hand, Macmillan’s British plan to resolve the Cyprus issue was being prepared and was about to be announced, and on the other hand, France was in turmoil because of the revolution in Algeria, General de Gaulle was preparing to return to the country’s political scene to take over managing it.

“The continuing deterioration of the international situation and the expected return to Athens this evening of the British Ambassador Sir Roger Allen has accelerated the development of the political situation. ERE leader Mr. Karamanlis decided that neither the situation in France, nor the fact that Mr. Allen would arrive today as an authorized British plan to resolve the Cyprus problem, would allow the pending issue to be extended. Following this, Mr. Karamanlis, having reconsidered his previous decision to wait for the official announcement of the election results by announcing the elected deputies at the respective courts of first instance, was busy all day yesterday compiling the list of members of the new Council of Ministers, Kathimerini reported on May 17.

In the policy statements of his new government, Cohn. Karamanlis, among other things, said: “After a three-month break, we again take over the administration of the country. […] The new government considers it its first duty to reassure the Greek people that they have the solution, but also the strength, to protect the country’s internal and external security against all odds.” His government remained in power until 1961 (when he was re-elected), demonstrating very important work with the signing of the Greek Association Agreement with the EEC (July 1961), as well as the signing of the Zurich-London Accords (1959). ), which established the Republic of Cyprus.