The stakes of the next elections were described by the president of SYRIZA-PS, Alexis Tsipras, presenting his party’s strategic plan for the economy in a special event at the Rematias Theater in Chalandriou.

“In these elections, we are not just deciding who will be the winner and who will be the loser,” said Mr. Tsipras and added: “We are deciding who and how will govern the country for the next four years. We decide on the future.”

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Then Mr. Tsipras described his vision for Greece in 2027: He asked the question “how do we want our country to be in 2027?” to answer: “The image that comes to my mind is that of a country and a society of democracy and equality. A country and a society with fewer inequalities. Where the wealth produced will increase and be shared fairly and equally among the citizens. In a country where our fellow citizens will not die in a farmer’s cart, because there is no ambulance. In a country and a society that will take care of its people.”

He then attacked the ND saying that these goals are realistic provided that the course of the last four years does not continue and explained: “Five years after the end of the adjustment programs, the per capita income in the country is at 59% of its average Eurozone. By 18 percentage points lower than the equivalent of 2007 which was 77%. At the same time, the percentage of citizens at risk of poverty reaches a monstrous 28.2%. It is reflected in the most painful way in the poor state of the National health system, which was left without any support during the pandemic. It is also reflected in the investment sector, where the ND celebrates because it hides that almost all of the investments of the last four years concerned privatizations, repurchasing of tourist properties and purchases of bad loans from funds. All this and much more reflect a single reality which the numbers also confirm: That the country is no longer on the path of convergence with Europe but the opposite. And this course must be reversed. It is a top national goal to reverse it.”