SYRIZA Conference: The … hour and a half of Alexis Tsipras

Her Nikis Zorba

It is not that Alexis Tsipras is famous for his brevity. Nor, of course, for frugality in words when he steps up. The opposite. Yesterday, however, in his speech, opening the proceedings of the third conference of SYRIZA, he broke every recent record: For 1.30 hours he unfolded his plans for the new SYRIZA- progressive alliance, in an impressive setting in the arena of Taekwondo. (Impeccable organization was mentioned, with the credit being given to the party secretary, Tzanakopoulos).

It is that Mr. Tsipras had many messages to send: At the party, to friends, opponents, public opinion, potential companions, ex-godless friends and so on. In one of his speeches, he wanted to fit all the critical things about himself: To give a picture of a total recovery, that SYRIZA is waking up from the three-year “lethargy”, that it is returning, claiming the government, again. In other terms now.

Without Panos Kammenos but with a “progressive” sign and allies now, and a large invitation to KINAL (which did not send its secretary to greet as usual, but spokesman Dimitris Mantzos, downgrading the process.

With Zoran Zaef and Nikos Kotzias (The leader of “Pratto” even demanded a progressive army to leave the Mitsotakis government and to “defeat” the Oligarchy).

With the old but mainly the new “companions” who welcomed them homerepeating the welcome phrase about 3-4 times.

With “commitments” for the next day of the “progressive government” that include almost everything: From cracking down on energy accuracy to writing off pandemic debts (What he announced is not new. A combination of the main proposals he has been formulating for the past two years is the measures).

With all the above on the menu of the speech – Ben Hur, the president of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance and installments of “radical realism”, I feel the need to rejoin the middle class. The one who holds the “keys” of governments.

After all, Mr. Tsipras’s admission was impressive in content – not in tones: “We are well aware that there can be no equitable development with a disproportionate burden on healthy entrepreneurship and the middle class.” If SYRIZA has been struggling with something since 2019 and then on the road to its reorganization it is with the fear of both teams: “SYRIZA will not return and bring us to our knees in taxes”.

Addressing the “dissidents” within his party was not unimportant either, asking them to support the changes but this time it did not contain any tips and no “strict message”. He was confident that the game on the home field had been judged, with overwhelming percentages in his favor. (Tomorrow afternoon, when the vote for the approval of his proposals will take place (election of the president and JV from the grassroots), the percentages will be recorded).

The third conference of SYRIZA, did not have to face the “existential” of the previous conference of 2016. A melancholic conference that took place after its capitulation and the signing of the third memorandum and with quarrels “whose property is the memorandum”?

The current is tthe culmination of the cycle of change he announced in advance Alexis Tsipras on the night of the national elections and with a few setbacks and internal party adventures, concludes on Sunday, at the end of his congress. It is also the “trumpet” about the “overthrow” of political correlations, of “political change”, as is its motto, with a clear willingness to show the PASOK-KINAL under restoration who is the main exponent of the center-left space.

The conference today continues its work with positions of the participants. The speeches of the Umbrella executives are eagerly awaited.

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– A. Tsipras: There is no fair development with a disproportionate burden on entrepreneurship – middle class