August ‘unlocks’ the time of the elections

Of Dimitris Gatsiou

“The four-year term will be exhausted … Because this is what I believe the institutional order defines … From July onwards, we will enter the fourth year of the government. alibi to stop producing government work at the same pace as we have done so far. ”

In the middle of the week, the prime minister again pointed in the direction of completing the constitutional term of the government, sending, in fact, another indirect, but clear, message to his ministers. To continue promoting the reforms envisaged in their portfolios, without slowing down. A message similar to the one he had brought to the front line in one of the last cabinet meetings, essentially ringing … a bell for the possibility of appearances of complacency.

On the road to the fourth year of government, politicians note that, for the first time, Mr. Mitsotakis left a very careful … open window for the country to reach the seemingly double ballots earlier. And this … window emerged from another of his reports. “It is very important, as we have essentially twelve months before the elections, not to trap the country in an unbearable political toxicity and in a political dialogue which will take place with screams, with accusations, without programmatic argumentation and that in the end only the “What it will do is further alienate citizens from politics.” And, at this point, the concept of “toxicity” is crucial. So crucial that it can be the … ideal bridge for elections even in the fall, as, in case the opposition parties, and especially SYRIZA, continue or even intensify the polarization, then the country will find itself going through a a period of many months of exchange of fire, which can only cause upheaval, especially in critical periods, such as the one we are already going through.

In any case, the … ball of the election time is expected to … sit towards the end of August. When the prime minister will have in his hands all the data in order to decide the momentum that will … trigger the polls. And, in this context, the script holds well …

The spring of 2023

The ballots in the spring of 2023, at the point in time that Mr. Mitsotakis has placed them, remain, at the present time, the strongest scenario. In addition to the institutional order, which is constantly proposed by the Prime Minister, those who are in favor of this scenario are of the opinion that the war in Ukraine (probably) will be over, bringing the recession of the energy crisis and the consequent … breaths in the budgets households and businesses. Another reason they cite is the strong added value that the country will have for the country, the market and the development, the exit from the regime of enhanced supervision and the acquisition of investment level next year, but also the … strong currency of the Recovery Fund. At the same time, the government will have another twelve months to implement the next stage of reducing the tax burden, further strengthening social groups, through the abolition of, for example, the solidarity levy.

The … autumn ballots

With time in politics being relevant anyway, the developments of the coming months, whether they are international and related to the war in Ukraine or domestic, may bring closer the scenario of an electoral contest in mid-autumn.

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. At the same time, they bring to the fore the benefits that, as everything shows, the country will reap after the end of the tourist season, for which the estimates are so optimistic, that they even talk about … overtaking the highly successful 2019. One more reason mentioned at the beginning. And it is related to the possibility that … the country will walk in a prolonged pre-election period of polarization.

However, in this scenario … some “unknown Xs” branch out in terms of the equation. Such as, for example, how the state mechanism will cope during the firefighting period. Or even the developments in Greek-Turkish.

The eyes on the delinquency of Turkey

Athens continues to fuel the engines of internationalization of its neighbor’s challenges, and sends messages of “calm and determination”, firmly advocating the concept of international law, strengthening its alliances, but also its geopolitical, energy and geostrategic reorganization. The delusion of the leadership of the neighbors is under the … microscope of the government, which examines every possible scenario in Evros (through a possible new instrumentation of the refugee-immigrant from Ankara) and the Aegean-Eastern Mediterranean. “I sincerely hope, hope and encourage Turkey not to translate this rhetoric into more tension in the field. In any case, Greece has shown, historically, that it is ready to defend its sovereignty and sovereign rights,” he said. message sent by Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Greek capital is even preparing for a move to further escalate its neighbor’s aggressive stance and revision as the regular European Council in Brussels and the NATO Summit in Madrid approach, as Ankara’s stance on the EU accession process and Sweden irritates the allies. Turkey’s view, according to which the two countries do not have to join the forthcoming Summit, is turning into … a red cloth, as the allies believe that strong signals of unity and determination should be sent from Madrid to in Russia and not to turn the critical work into a … carousel of bazaars, which will cause cracks in NATO.

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