“Erdogan showed who he is in Berlin. Erdogan is not changing. Erdogan speaks as a representative of a group of countries that are directly or indirectly at odds with the West. This is the reality».

The president of PASOK-KINAL stated the above Nikos Androulakisregarding the upcoming visit of the President of Turkey to Athens, answering a question from journalist Maria Nikoltsiou, in the context of his participation in THESSALONIKI SUMMIT, organized by the Association of Greek Industries and the Delphi Forum.

“Erdogan will come to do here what he did in Berlin. However, we have this as a neighbor, and for me Greece needs to draw up a long-term strategy, beyond the communication issues, the skirmishes that will take place on both sides. A new Helsinki. Just as Simitis put a “carrot” on the accession of Turkey to the European Union and succeeded in the accession of Cyprus, we put as a “carrot” the upgrading of the customs relationship between the European Union and Turkey. If Turkey wants to upgrade, there should be built-in sanctions that will be activated when there is a violation of International Law against a European Union country or violation of fundamental human rights norms inside Turkey. It can be done; I believe that there is only one way to draw up such a strategy”, pointed out Mr. Androulakis.

My priority is the renewal of PASOK with people from the bowels of the faction

When asked about the opinion polls that bring PASOK second, Mr. Androulakis replied that they are not celebrating in the party and noted: “A new cycle is opening for us that we have a duty to serve with even greater effort. The goal is to have a strong opposition to New Democracy. A fruitful opposition, an opposition that will build an alternative proposal for power, progressive that will be based on a plan that will address all the major demands and challenges of the country”.

When asked if he would enter into a discussion with executives such as Alexis Haritsis and Efi Ahtsioglou if they leave SYRIZA, he said that he renewed PASOK with persons who were in PASOK and his priority is to continue the renewal with persons from bowels of the line-up and we have persons who are the “excellent of every use”.

“I don’t offer chairs. I am not going to do what Mitsotakis did, nor what Tsipras did. If we want to have some alliances, these will be done in terms of politicians and not in terms of power. The call is political and to society and to people of the broader Center Left, the progressive Center, the renewing Left. Parties and strategic plans were built in the country on opportunistic terms, we saw the results in SYRIZA, I’m sure we will see them in New Democracy too” said the president of PASOK-KINAL.

The government’s tax bill is a “caress” to the big tax evaders

Regarding the problem of accuracy, he said that there is no control in the market and “the government makes the traffic police in the interests of speculators”.

He proposed suspending or abolishing the Golden Visa for real estate, limiting short-term rental housing, a social housing program and activating the cap on the retail price of energy.

He described the tax bill as a “caress” by the government to the big tax evaders.

Regarding Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he said that “he speaks as if he became Prime Minister in the last few months, while it has been as long as Tsipras.”

With the Fly Over, the suffering of the Thessalonians begins

Regarding the Fly Over road axis in Thessaloniki, he said that the project is starting and with it the adventure for the city’s residents.

He pointed out that since 2012, PASOK had submitted a comprehensive proposal for traffic that included the Fly over but before that the construction of the outer ring.

He also said that the situation in the hospitals of Thessaloniki is dire.