The developments in SYRIZA are neither pleasant nor auspicious,” emphasized the independent MEP Petros Kokkalis speaking on the show “Today” on SKAI adding that it is about the “aftermath of the enlargement that never happened, which led us to these tribulations and the departure of a large part of the party”.

He said of the new president that as an “apprentice sorcerer he faces a reality he cannot handle”.

When asked why he himself left the party, he said that he was led to the decision by seeing “the way the president wants the party to function, which does not express me at all. I respect the decision of the members, but we must respect the decisions of every politician.”

Asked, if SYRIZA takes the lead again he said: “I have no confidence in the political competence of the new leader and in the political criteria that the political group is following” adding that “I want the best for SYRIZA because it has offered a lot”.

About his relations with Alexis Tsiprashe emphasized that he is in contact while emphasizing that the former president of the party is “very concerned and is not happy with what is happening” and added “that he is a big chapter of the modern left and it’s good to be “present”

About his own political course he said that will continue to deal with the field of climate change noting that yesterday for the first time the temperature of the planet rose for the first time by 2 degrees Celsius.

“The time has come to develop the area that we used to call ecology and today climate action, and during the European elections we will have developments in this area. I would like to be nominated as well I wish the scheme to be established in the local elections as well“, he said while when asked who will lead the scheme, he said that discussions are still taking place.