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Alexis Tsipras attributes the catastrophic failure of the pandemic management to the ideology, denial and central election of the government, but also to the decline of economic activity in the country during the press conference at the Helexpo Forum in Thessaloniki.
SYRIZA governed in very different conditions than today, we found empty funds, we had an obligation for high surpluses, we managed to get the country out of the memoranda, restore the country’s credibility in our markets and partners, said the SYRIZA president. -Progressive Alliance to accuse the government that today “it does not have to follow the rules of fiscal discipline because the escape clause is applied in Europe.” Today the government has 37 billion euros in the reserves of public funds that we leave and has access to cheap loans. We do not propose things outside the realm of logic. “
He described the measures he proposed yesterday during his speech as absolutely costly, saying that 3,000 million are the permanent measures proposed by SYRIZA “and they are necessary, absolutely realistic and feasible depending on the budgetary possibilities.” The emergency measures, while the crisis lasts, will cost about 8 billion euros by the end of the year, he said, adding that they are also “absolutely necessary so as not to lead to a state of social looting.”
A second blockade would be a complete failure of the government.
Asked by the Journal of the Authors if the main opposition would support a second blockade, the former prime minister said that his party would support “everything that the scientific community proposes for public safety and health”, but stressed that the crucial question? did it or what did the government do to get to this point again? A second blockade would be the absolute failure of the Mitsotakis government to achieve an extremely good result brought about by the efforts of the Greek people. “
Again he accused the prime minister that in the first wave “he blessed his own beards and those of his government that we are saved by his decisions, but now that things are going very badly the responsibility is attributed to the citizens.”
He also spoke of extremely poor planning and terrible contradictions, noting that the prime minister “did not use time to strengthen our weaknesses.” Today there are 5,000 fewer employees at NSS than we delivered in 2019. “
Political fraud and lies
Alexis Tsipras reiterated the government’s political fraud, stating that “it is not only the Prespa agreement with which he did not disagree and we knew about it and he chose to dissent and divide the Greek people.” It created more jobs and more growth than 4% and in the last quarter of 2019 and the first of 2020 we had a recession. He says he gave 24,000 million euros to the pandemic, but has given 4,600 million. And the numbers of the state accountant general can’t lie.
The elections will not surprise us
Asked about the ballot box and the internal affairs of his party, the former prime minister assured that “SYRIZA at the most difficult moment and after a defeat in the European elections with 9 points registered 32%”. Our goal is for 32% to become 42%. Neither party was unable to pass a reflection period to be ready to move on. Conditions force us to be prepared, it will not be a surprise that the prime minister chooses to go to the polls. It will not arise from their will to surprise, but from their own surprise at the difficulty of facing reality and problems ”.
When asked why he does not call for elections himself, the SYRIZA president noted that “it would be very irresponsible to ask for elections in the middle of a pandemic.”
To end bilingualism, to tell the truth
The leader of the official opposition was particularly blunt, accusing the prime minister and the government of amateurism and bilingualism on national issues.
Alexis Tsipras received several questions about Greek-Turkish and noted that his own government was also facing difficult times with Turkey, but had communication channels with Ankara.
“It is not unpredictable or isolated. Its tactics are predictable. It claims to constantly occupy space, it creates achievements.” It violates rights that are resolved under international treaties, “he said about Tayyip Erdogan, adding that” we have a dispute with Turkey which is the continental shelf. identified with the SEZ that we believe should be resolved through dialogue. ”
He welcomed the news of the resumption of enlargement contacts and the resumption of dialogue as a positive development, but asked the government to provide answers to what has been happening lately.
“Oruc Reis has retired and exploratory contacts begin. Was there any reward for this? I ask. Was there an agreement in Berlin that was reactivated? Will they finally tell us what this written agreement was? What was the content?” of SYRIZA wondered, underlining that “when a prime minister refers to national issues in a written speech, in a written article he is not mistaken. In the article he spoke of the differences with Turkey and in his speech at the TIF he spoke of a big difference. Are there minor differences?
Arrows according to KIN.ALL for progressive training
“SYRIZA is the backbone of the democratic faction. It occupies the widest space from left to center, but it does not occupy it all.” Obviously there are democratic forces and forces in society that do not necessarily have partisan affiliation, “said Alexis Tsipras.
When asked about the Movement for Change, the former prime minister said: “I don’t have a progressive meter or a meter left, but only if the KIN identifies itself as a progressive party. ΑΛΛ. It has to prove it and demonstrate it in the critical issues ”.
He did not stop listing three strategic lapses of the Movement for Change:
- The decision not to support the Prespa Agreement against progressive forces and Europe
- The option to vote against the simple analogue proposal. Especially for a 6% party that wants to be a regulator
- Third incomprehensible election to vote for a deeply undemocratic law that casts a plaster on the democratic right to demonstrate
“Banks to fulfill their mission”
Alexis Tsipras repeated during a press conference in Thessaloniki that “I do not raise the issue of the nationalization of the banks, I raise the issue of the Greek state exercising its rights. It is not possible for the state to invest money but it does not have rights. Why not “We did it when we were in government? Because we govern with a gun to our temple. The objective of the Troika was to save the banks and a system within the banks. We plan to change them, we plan with a horizon of eight years.”
He argued that the problem with banks today is that they do not fulfill their role, they do not lend to small and medium-sized companies and while they raise money they do not give it to those who need loans.
Referring to the problems of small and medium-sized companies that increased with the pandemic, he said: “Mr. Mitsotakis’s plan is to restructure the market and the pandemic is an opportunity to implement it … But at the end of the day, there will be thousands of companies that will be blocked while unemployment will increase. ” He went on to say that the position of small and medium-sized “zombie” companies, as those with big problems are called, will be understood by others… We believe that the competitive position of small and medium-sized companies should be strengthened and not lead to closure. From the beginning, we set out to overcome the difficulty of not taking risks by strengthening businesses with the sole criterion of keeping jobs. We proposed the strengthening and subsidization of labor, insurance contributions and salary costs ”.
Lavros against changes in labor
“We have a radically different political plan with ND, our difference is ideological, life itself nullifies and makes these visions that Mr. Mitsotakis proposes for the restart and reorganization of the economy seem very old,” stressed Al. Tsipras, criticizing the government that believes it will face the crisis by reducing labor rights and labor costs. He stressed that, of course, entrepreneurship should be supported, “but not by cannibalizing employees,” adding that no business can be productive if employees do not have rights.
The abyss of European culture is Moria
“When you look at the abyss for a long time, it will also see you,” said the SYRIZA president, using a quote from Nietzsche to describe the latest developments in the refugee crisis and the government’s strategy, accusing him of not just looking at the abyss. but also stressed that Moria is an abyss for European culture.
“We did not abdicate our responsibilities. It is not a joy or an honor for SYRIZA. From 2,000 people we left Moria with 5,680 people who would become 4,000, with 1,500 who had papers to leave. However, the 5,680 people are different and the 20,000 are different, which with a small decongestion today became 13,000. In the run-up to the elections, Mr. Mitsotakis promised decongestion to the islanders and at the same time he went to mainland Greece and said “No immigrant will set foot here “” He did this consciously, “Mr. Tsipras also pointed out and characterized the image of unaccompanied children and refugee families sleeping in cemeteries as unthinkable.
He spoke of a dead end and acknowledged the justified fatigue of the local community. “This does not solve the problems, the islands must be decongested immediately, a part of the refugees, the immigrants must be transferred to the interior, there must be claims from the EU.” We need a policy of hospitality and integration, ”he said characteristically and attributed to the government that it follows a policy that is driven by the interest of the small party.
