The criticisms of Nikos Androulakis were severe for almost the whole of the government’s policy, with of course the Budget in his speech in the Parliament.

“Your policies create a country with a low quality of life for the great majority of the Greek people. A country with low-paying jobs and very expensive daily life”, said the president of PASOK-Movement for Change, while adding that this is another lost opportunity to rebuild the country’s productive base, support the welfare state and create a resilient economy and a fair society . “In your hands the country is on a trajectory of divergence rather than convergence with the average European standard of living. The execution of the 2024 Budget will be the first real test of your effectiveness».

On the occasion of the positive acquisition of the investment grade, as he said, Nikos Androulakis fired his arrows at both the government and SYRIZA. “The faction that was responsible for us losing it, driving the country to the brink of bankruptcy. The faction that paved the way for extreme populism and discord. You, together with SYRIZA, have opened Pandora’s box for an era of extreme rivalry, in public discourse, on social media. An era of universal rejection of the different point of view.

You have a huge responsibility because you made it almost impossible to create a common consciousness about what are the chronic pathologies of the country, what are their causes and with what ruptures will we make them a thing of the past”, stressed the president of PASOK-KINAL.

For the precision that hits the middle and low incomes he highlighted how the government has reduced inflation to one of the main tools of the economic exercise based on the excess revenues from indirect taxes, burdening the weakest and the middle class in an environment of high precision. “To return crumbs to society with the “holy royal baskets” and passes. This is how you hold the poorest Greeks hostage instead of making substantial institutional interventions to protect them”, Mr. Androulakis continued.

At the same time, he commented on the position of the economic staff how the salaries increased and reached the levels of 2009, saying how it is better to read the data of Eurostat where he notes that the average salary is 20% lower than in 2009 and on a path of permanent deviation from the rest European countries.

The president of PASOK-Movement of Change noted that the SYRIZA/ANEL governance is no longer a measure of comparison, but the problems that the government has created or does not want to solve all these years, pointing out the staffing that is projected as a mask of worthlessness, opacity and of inefficiency. He made a special reference to contract 717 regarding the remote control of trains, which has been unfinished for seven years. “The European Public Prosecutor’s Office brought criminal proceedings against 23 persons. The same judicial investigation that showed possible criminal responsibilities of political figures, YOU threw it in the wastebasket and hid behind the KKE. You did not hesitate to hide behind Mr. Velopoulos in order to beat the Anti-Corruption Commission and obstruct the investigation because you are personally afraid of the revelations in the wiretapping scandal,” noted Nikos Androulakis.

He was also strongly critical of measures related to fan violence where he argued that “instead of punishing gangs, you are punishing their fans by preventing them from attending sporting events with their families. And you have the audacity again at the altar of communication, that two murders have intervened and one more person is enjoying himself, so that your ministers can take 200 names of hooligans to justice”.

Intense and extensive was the criticism of Mr. Androulakis on the inability to deal with the climate crisis, culminating in the disasters in Evros and Thessaly.

Regarding the situation in Education, with the results of the PISA exam being disappointing, Mr. Androulakis expressed his concern for the large gap between private and public schools that reflects the great social inequalities that prevail in the country. “While you are presenting private universities as the panacea and solution to all education problems, you have allowed public primary and secondary education to collapse.

You are looking at the tree, the base 10 and not the forest of words that so many thousands of students write under that base. You are not interested in a strong public school that will prepare our children for the challenges they face, that will leverage skills and will invest in critical and creative thinking,” he said, voicing reservations about the government’s plan for private universities.

“Public health is a key pillar of the welfare state. We founded the ESY and it is our first priority to revive it, because no matter where we are in the country, we meet the indignation and disappointment of the people”, added the president of PASOK-KINAL, disagreeing with the salary incentives that the government gives to the new administrations.

He again called on the government to abolish the golden visa on real estate as many European countries have already done, making it absolutely responsible for the housing crisis that exists and will escalate in the coming years!

Nikos Androulakis was particularly sharp on the issue of the distribution of tax burdens where he underlined: “You are taking advantage of the inflation of greed to profit at the expense of society by holding the poorest Greeks hostage. You are taxing professions and not real incomes.”

“The only thing that is certain is that Greece can do better, the Greek people deserve more than what you are offering them. In this effort we owe it to the new generation to be at the forefront. … We have a duty to deactivate the demographic bomb and the aging of the population, which threatens us”, he emphasized, making detailed reference to the PASOK-KINAL proposal for social housing.

“We have other priorities for the economy, society and institutions. And stop pitting economic growth against institutions. With unscrupulous games you have injured the institutions and the trust of the citizens in the political system. No state can develop in the long term economically and socially without functioning institutions and a strong judiciary. We have a duty to ensure, especially for the new generations, that we will never have “lost decades” again, emphasized Mr. Androulakis, stating that “the PASOK parliamentary group will vote against him, except for the part of the expenses of the Presidency of the Republic and of the country’s defense.

And I invite you to inform us about the change in the equipment programs that we read in the newspapers. We are prepared for consents, but you must inform us about this”, concluded the President of PASOK-KINAL.