SYRIZA is making the ‘fund’ of the Russian invasion

Is an impending “Armageddon” in the economy due to the energy crisis and precision in the shadow of the Russian invasion a “opportunity” for SYRIZA to change the balance of power in its favor and against the government?

Yes, and especially first class, according to the estimates of the official opposition. Although immediately after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Koumoundourou refrained from making a political assessment of whether the Russian-Ukrainian conflict was accelerating or, on the contrary, removing early ballots, the “line” was formed, at the highest level:

Alexis Tsipras initially informed his close associates that he considers it extremely likely that Kyriakos Mitsotakis will call elections in May and put the party on “electoral alert”.

Coiling

The obvious benefits for him and his party from this choice:

Despite the serious disagreements inside in view of the spring conference (between “Umbrella” and Tsipras mainly), no one is going to, under these circumstances, risk reports, moves that will create an atmosphere of introversion. Even the “battle of correlations” for the conference is foreseen to take place in terms of “the home not the municipality”, ie not to give food to fat titles and headlines about “massacre in SYRIZA”.

It is characteristic, after all, that the last time the party was in danger of becoming “Kougi” inside, after that interview of Ev. Tsakalotou about unjustified insecurity of Al. Tsipras and other demons, the issue ended without any hack in the image of its “unity”.

Did they “kiss” where suddenly the rival internal party camps? No yes. Both sides make the need ambitious under the “threat” of the elections – even in May – which has undoubtedly been put by Al. Tsipras to be hung over the heads of its executives.

To be precise, Alexis Tsipras did not exactly put the threat. The facts have put it from the facts or, as a member of the minority typically states in “K”: “The solutions are sometimes given by (political) life itself”. Translation: They return the knives to their scabbards and proceed “unifying”.

The war, however, did not only lead SYRIZA to an artificial rally for fear of an early ballot box. The internal party tendencies were “united” in a way and essentially through the agreement of all in the “line” drawn by SYRIZA: Not in the sending of weapons, not in the involvement of Greece in the war. A position that, after his great satisfaction, they find in SYRIZA that it shares a significant portion of the citizens, as it appears from the polls.

The position

Given all this, a competent SYRIZA source, referring to the party’s position on the Russian invasion, admitted to “K” that the party’s attitude towards the Russian invasion was dangerous and open to “misinterpretations”, but the party avoided the danger: ” “It simply came to our notice then that we fully support the sanctions, we do not support Putin, we are not pro-Russian or anti-Russian, we just do not consider it necessary to comment on such fabrications.” Commonly, “yes” to what our obligations impose (as NATO-EU members), but … let us not do it as a country and a “flag”.

It is the same source that evaluated the Al. Tsipra – Kyriakou Mitsotaki on the need for open channels Athens-Ankara and the prime minister’s four-on-four with Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday. What is tangible for SYRIZA is an agreement with the Turkish president to “reduce the tension” between Greece and Turkey in the near future.

Accuracy

In the Koumoundourian fund of developments brought about by the Russian invasion, the European “shuffle” and concern about the explosive increases in energy and accuracy in general are counted as “profit”. Where SYRIZA in all tones accuses the government of deliberate “impoverishment” of the citizens – to neutralize the argument that the crisis is largely due to the war – and calls on it here and now: To put a ceiling on electricity prices – gas, reduction VAT on fuel, reduction of VAT on basic food products, increase of the minimum to 800 euros.

KINAL: In the final stretch for reconstruction

In Charilaou Trikoupi – following the developments and the electoral scenarios – they have entered the final stretch for the reconstruction of the party: Self-organization and digital party are in the priorities in this direction, while they are preparing for any (electoral) event: Athens and big speeches are planned. cities of the region.

The government’s pounding to be precise, however, continues unabated by Charilaou Trikoupi, with the president of KINAL-PASOK, Nikos Androulakis, asking for: imposition of a ceiling on the retail price of energy, regulation of the electricity market, taxation of electricity of energy producers, orientation of the resources of the Recovery Fund in the upgrade of the network and IPTO and HEDNO to finally make the study that will be updated every two years and will answer to “How many renewable energy sources can the network” lift “now? “What projects need to be done and how much do they cost in order to absorb the renewables we aim for in 2030?”

In Charilaou Trikoupi, after all, they emphasize that “indeed the war in Ukraine pushed up energy prices, but the government did not intervene to correct the distortions of the energy markets”.