“The threshold of 17% that Stefanos Kasselakis set for the European elections is realistic,” said SYRIZA MEP Kostas Arvanitis on Friday morning on SKAI and the ‘TODAY’ show.

“It’s good again that we get 14% in the pollsPASOK cannot take all the damage, no one cares about Kyriakos Mitsotakis… I want to thank the people who still vote for SYRIZA and tell them that ‘we will take the ship’ with those who can, with those who must and with those who feel it” added Mr. Arvanitis.

“Many times Kasselakis puts us in a difficult position”

“Many times the president puts us in a difficult position, as for example with the 37 billion. You can’t say that Tsakalotos got it wrong, Dragasakis got it wrong, because the question arises ‘where was the prime minister at the time’? You’re lowering my president like this, you’re lowering the bar for my president, this can’t go on any longer. Mr. Kasselakis must listen, create a political center and go to the conference,” he said.

“Moves to flee from SYRIZA at this moment are wrong”

“I believe in the ‘conference date,’ many things can be discussed, such as changing tactics”

Regarding the departures, he commented: “Moving away from SYRIZA at this moment is wrong. If you leave the conference because you can’t get along on the political issue then yes, but not to leave SYRIZA because the president was two hours late coming to the meeting…” and finally he added that “I don’t want Efi Ahtsioglou to leave.”