PASOK MP Michalis Katrinis referred to the surge in inflation in Greece—which is actually double the Eurozone rate—while speaking on the television station “SKAI.”
More specifically, speaking on the program “Atairisto” with journalists Christos Koutras and Giannis Ntsounos, Michalis Katrinis noted that inflation in Greece was 5% in May, while in the Eurozone it was 3.2%; meanwhile, energy inflation stood at 20.2% in Greece and 10.9% in the Eurozone. Regarding all this, the New Democracy government says everything is fine, don’t worry.
Speaking about PASOK, he stated: “We are not afraid of dialogue, but at the conference we made a clear and unanimous decision not to cooperate with New Democracy, to pursue an independent course, and to engage in progressive cooperation. This is our decision, and the party’s strategy is not determined by individual opinions.”
On the same topic, he added that the conference’s decision not to cooperate with New Democracy applies to the period before the elections, the period between the first and second elections, and the period after the second elections.
We understand that this bothers some people, especially certain ministers who dream of a third term thanks to PASOK, such as Mr. Georgiadis.
When asked about Mr. Tsipras, he commented that the citizens at the ballot box will decide the political balance of power. He also emphasized that PASOK had extended a pre-conference invitation to both SYRIZA and the New Left to discuss the serious issue of constitutional revision.
However, Mr. Tsipras’s ambivalence is cause for concern, as he has spoken for months about unity within the center-left and has now reverted to the stance he took between 2011 and 2015, when he targeted PASOK. Mr. Tsipras’s ambivalence raises questions about the consistency of his views and must be evaluated by the public, especially at a time when he is asking them to trust him so they can get rid of Mr. Mitsotakis.