The deep dividing lines with SYRIZA – K. Mitsotaki’s strategy for contact with the Citizens

By Dimitris Gatsios

The pre-conference proceedings of the New Democracy were completed yesterday in Nice, the main aspects and the theme of the 14th “blue” Congress, which opens on May 6, were delimited and what remains as a characteristic imprint of this internal dialogue of the last weeks is that it was the beginning of the next and more extended circle of contacts of the prime minister with the citizens. With the construction of the next government interventions on the front of the severe energy crisis being a key part of the daily meetings, in anticipation of any nods from Brussels, the grounding of the New Democracy with the social groups is constantly changing with the aim of new pools of voters, at the moment when Mr. Mitsotakis strengthens the popular profile of the party, setting, at the same time, the big dilemmas that will be put on the citizens on the road to the double, apparently, ballots of 2023.

The… boost of the government’s social profile is evident from the way the “blue” politicians’ communication was chosen in this almost three-year rule. In Thessaloniki was the daily life of the citizens, the reduction of taxes and contributions, but also the large infrastructure projects throughout the country. In Heraklion was shipping, tourism and the primary sector. In Chalandri was the digital transformation of the state and in Nice the social policy and equality. Within the next week, the announcements of the prime minister are expected for the second time in 2022 and a “significant” increase of the minimum wage, Megaro Maximou and financial staff are building the new reaction plan in front of the… Consolidation of price increases for households, consumers and businesses. “With the next big political intervention, the minimum wage will increase significantly on May 1. The growth dividend must be distributed fairly to everyone, not just businesses, but also to workers, especially those in the lower income classes. We will obviously take into account the competitiveness of businesses, but we will also take into account the fact that inflation today erodes the disposable income of Greeks and we must stand by those who are on the minimum wage, especially young children who are now starting their careers. route “, said the Prime Minister. “If there is no European solution, the government will implement an additional and larger plan for more decisive support for electricity prices. It is Mr. Mitsotakis’s decision to use up all available euros. To find ways to support society while maintaining it. necessary fiscal balance and keeping resources and reserves for the next period “, noted, from the information room, Mr. Economou.

The Prime Minister’s tours inside and outside the Basin will be systematized in the near future. Before, but also after the work of the “blue” Ordinary Congress, aiming at the deeper communication of the work of the government. Today, for example, Mr. Mitsotakis will be in the strategically important infrastructure for energy of Revythousa and, immediately after, he will tour Salamina. And in this process, despite the fact that the ballot boxes are almost twelve months away, the dividing lines with Koumoundourou will be constantly upgraded, while the dilemmas of the ballot box will be emphasized. “The colors of the old party boundaries are fading. With them are fading any ideological signs. The Left-Right figure does not seem to fit in our time. Especially to young children it says very little. This shape gives way to the dilemma of progress. “Our differences have not been eliminated. On the contrary, they are very strong on the new fronts. By regressing to flirt with authoritarianism, while progress always persists in open democracy,” he said. Mitsotakis, in Heraklion. “If we could and have achieved all that we have achieved in the midst of a coronavirus, Evros, war, Russian invasion of Ukraine. If we have achieved all that we have achieved and we talked to you about today in 33 months, think about how much more we can do. “We will succeed in eight years. And that will be the real issue of the next elections,” he said in Nice yesterday.