A political milestone for the dynamic comeback of PASOK-Movement of Change as a counterweight to the ND government was the European elections Press representative of the party, Thanasis Glavinas, speaking to SKAI. “We set the bar high. We want to increase our percentages and for our faction to grow even stronger”, he said and added that “it seems that we are constantly rising in the opinion polls”.

Mr. Glavinas asked the government to immediately clarify with which system the European elections will be held. “The goalposts cannot be changed. We are seven months before the election,” he noted, commenting on journalistic information on the number of constituencies, which will apply to the European elections.

Regarding the latest developments in the official opposition party, he emphasized that “in PASOK we have gone through difficult political battles, we respect the internal process in SYRIZA. Internal party battles are difficult and are accompanied by hard blows and hard feelings. We respect the executives of SYRIZA who are going through a difficult time because it is not easy to be in conflict with your ideological comrades and for your party to be divided in the end”.

The press representative of PASOK-KINAL confirmed the statements of the president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, against the former prime minister Kostas Simitis: “Mr. Kasselakis chose to attack and show political indecency towards the former prime minister. Mr. Kasselakis shows tendencies – and I want to be lenient with him in the first stage – of populism with strong elements of polarization. It seems that this political virus is resistant and has been preserved in SYRIZA”. “Mature democracy means that our opponents, the former prime ministers, must be judged by citizens and parties with justice and not with easy words,” he added.