Efi Ahtsioglou: The suffocating social condition makes the elections an imperative

“The explosive accuracy in Greece started long before the war in Ukraine, as early as September,” Efi Ahtsioglu told OPEN.

“The situation is now lifeless. Citizens can not make ends meet. The government is doing nothing to protect citizens from being punctual or to increase their income. It is turning its back on notoriety, refusing to cut excise duties. “It does not raise the minimum wage. It is not a question of budgetary margins, but of political priorities. In the EU 18 countries reduced excise duties, SYRIZA-PS twice tabled the relevant amendment and the government rejected it,” he stressed.

Ms. Ahtsioglou also stressed that “Mr. Mitsotakis’s attitude is hypocritical, with the letter to the EU. Things are concrete, a country governs and can take measures to have a ceiling on the price of electricity and natural to boost energy companies’ profits, to reduce taxes as most states have done.These are internal choices and he can not keep throwing the ball on the podium. If he does not want to do so let him call elections to “others are doing it. The suffocating social condition makes elections imperative.”

Regarding the war in Ukraine, he noted that “the drama and the humanitarian crisis continue. At the moment, the priority is to end the invasion and the withdrawal of Russian troops, so that Ukraine and its people can close their wounds.” Asked by a reporter if there should be a more drastic response to the economic sanctions, he said “the answer to a war can never be the generalization of the conflict.”