A red line in eclogology was entered by Mitsotakis

Political, economic, geopolitical, but also institutional arguments for resorting to national elections at the end of the four years. But also counter-arguments for the prospect of setting up the polls earlier. Within the second fortnight of September or the first week of October. That is, when the government will march for good in the fourth and final turn of its term and the… push of the button will have passed the… sphere of the premature. This scenario was well known to those talking to Piraeus Street officials, looking for an answer or even a nod as to when the prime minister might be able to… run the developments regarding the upcoming election contest. Until an aversion from Kyriakos Mitsotakis came to clarify the situation.

Political stability

Last Thursday, the New Democracy completed three years in the government of the country, with the pre-election period being formally inaugurated with the prime minister’s all-out confrontation with the president of SYRIZA and the other party leaders in the Plenary of the Parliament. “Nothing has changed from what Mr. Mitsotakis has pointed out with regard to the election front”, officials said in a discussion that took place in the wake of the prime minister’s presence in Strasbourg, but also in the “wells” that formed after the conclusion of the discussion in the Plenary. Mr. Mitsotakis himself put things in context. More emphatic but also more resonant in relation to the placements of the last weeks. Validating, as noted by actors, his institutional and leadership profile. And promoting the need for political stability, in an era of multiple crises, starting with energy, passing through precision and reaching the Greek-Turkish developments. “I assure you that I am not looking for a polling “clearing” to hold elections… I take the risk of stability. And if that has a political cost, so be it. But I know that at this moment to lead the country to early elections with the “bomb” of simple analogy, with an unpredictable Turkey in front of us, I do not believe it is a nationally responsible act and, if it leads to me having a political cost, because I will have to manage a difficult winter, so be it”, was the Prime Minister’s disgust, which closed, in the most categorical way, the scenario.

Changes?

From the moment that Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned to the… clear line regarding the horizon of the national ballot box and will remain faithful to it, as he demonstrated with his vertical reports, what seems to be opening wide is the possibility of a restructuring of government within the next few weeks. Estimates that the prime minister will not go with the existing government scheme until the first ballots of the simple proportional give and take and already the… political bets for changes in the ministerial group with a horizon in August have started among the “blue”. The scenarios are fueled, indeed, by the new signal of K. Mitsotakis to the members of the government that no relaxation will be tolerated in terms of project production and reforms. “We are now entering the pre-election year with the calendar… This does not mean, however, that the final stretch, a final stretch that will actually last many months, should be an alibi for us to slow down or start now to we’re dealing with election preparation. I’ve said many times that this is something I will not tolerate,” he noted, ringing yet another … bell for his ministers, who are judged on a daily basis anyway for promoting portfolio issues their.

Comparison and dilemmas

For the time being, what factors are keeping in the front line is that the announcements about the new support framework for households and businesses against the… energy Complexes brought the government’s poll recovery, at the close of three years from July 7, 2019. But and the fact that tourism figures in terms of revenue and arrivals may exceed the threshold of 2019, further opening the window of fiscal space for social policies, targeting the middle class, workers and the most vulnerable fellow citizens.

At the same time, the debate in the Plenary of the Parliament was… the trajectory of the following weeks and months regarding the strategy within the walls of Mr. Mitsotakis and Megaros Maximos. Analyzing in tours and contacts with the citizens the social sign of his policies, the prime minister seeks to compare the deeds of his own government with the government of Mr. Tsipras. And, as executives comment, this comparison is a catalyst. “When the time for the elections comes, we will say, ‘what exactly do you remember from the four years of Tsipras?’ Taxes, pension cuts and lies. At least for us, yes, the Greek people will say: they reduced unemployment, brought investments, reduced taxes and contributions. We equipped the country, protected the borders, supported society during the pandemic and the energy crisis. What exactly are you going to say?”, said the prime minister addressing the president of SYRIZA.

At the same time, the party machines are put on full alert, the announcements of candidacies continue at a steady pace, while the main highlight is the highlighting of the large dividing lines between Piraeus Street and Koumoundourou Street. “Progress or regression”. “Create or freeze”. “Result or Inaction”. These are some of the dilemmas to which, according to the prime minister, citizens will be asked to answer in the next elections. The last interval makes its appearance and one more stake.

That of stability in turbulent geopolitical and economic times. “Today, more than ever, the country needs stability. Stability is served by governments that enjoy the confidence of the Parliament, that have the ability to move quickly”, noted Mr. Mitsotakis in the Parliament, once again setting the goal of self-reliance in the second ballot boxes

*Republished from the circulating “Chapter”.