My counter irony is that I've just returned from the home of democracy... my return trip saw me queuing under a minute through passport control. Sadly the experience of easyJet baggage drop in Athens was more chastening...50 minutes in line as the one member of staff ably struggled to deal with 4 planes worth of passengers. Ended up having to take my bag to the gate myself and got scalped another 60 euros for the privilege