“The situation is very difficult, primarily for the people who are in the areas affected by the fires”, pointed out Efi Ahtsioglou, in an interview with “OPEN”, noting that “this is a huge natural disaster” and “the thought it is to the firefighters, to the volunteers, to those who operate in the field”.

Mrs. Ahtsioglou stated that “we see with tragic results what the climate crisis means” and commented that “every summer we become spectators of the same play”. In particular, he said that “something is not working properly, it is not possible for Mr. Mitsotakis to say that we are ready in everything and again, as a result, there is not an adequate response”. He pointed out that obviously evacuation is important as safety comes first, but it can’t be the only plan. He also emphasized that “thousands of firefighters cannot be missing, aerial vehicles cannot be missing as the residents of the areas complain” and “there cannot be a plan, while Mr. Mitsotakis said that global changes are taking place in the issue of fire protection ». “Where is; What are the results of this effort, of this supposed coordination?”, he asked, commenting that “the government has been closed for four years and it continues. It cannot claim that it received “chaos” from the previous one, it received from itself.”

Regarding her candidacy for the presidency of the SYRIZA PS, she said that she proposes a “new leadership methodology that concerns the content of politics, so that we can be more creative and more effective, with positions that can talk to the contemporary problems of society.” At the same time, he continued, “it is also about how we will work more structured, more methodically, using the technical knowledge of experts, so that what we politically seek to do in the best way”. He noted that “SYRIZA must be a party of structures, with specific rules, with method, with collective function and collective intelligence”, in order to argue that “there is a huge number of citizens who are looking for another perspective than the one given by the government of SW. We must express this need.” He also said that “we all have a concern and common anxiety that SYRIZA PS can regroup, become stronger, address society, exercise a creative opposition and return to the government’s orbit”.

Regarding Greek-Turkish relations, he said that “there is a window of opportunity at the moment – unfortunately formed after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey – and it seems that a dialogue can develop. This is positive.” “But a dialogue,” he added, “that must be structured and organized, based on building confidence measures. Structured dialogue with the given goal the country has, recourse to The Hague for a continental shelf/EEZ, with clear red lines. This is our national position.” He underlined that “we need information about the meeting between Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Erdogan” and added that “the Prime Minister’s statements give rise to concerns. He talked about retreats from the initial positions of the negotiation.” “What were the initial negotiating positions? What retreats is he talking about? We want answers”, he emphasized. He added that “he also referred to geopolitical differences with Turkey. The dispute with Turkey is a legal one, so we are talking about going to the Hague court for continental shelf/EEZ. If he talks about geopolitical difference does that mean he is available to enter into bilateral negotiation? This is another line.”