In a country that is in an unstable environment it is an insult to arm for armaments costs stressed the president of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance Alexis Tsipras speaking in the plenary session of the Parliament on the bill of the Ministry of Defense for the defense of the country.
The president of SYRIZA accused Mr. Mitsotakis of “leaving society unprotected”. “You say you do not want us to go back to deficits and you are voting for 7 billion euros in equipment. “And not a single euro is left in the defense industry”, continued Mr. Tsipras.
Ukrainian
Referring to the Ukrainian, he noted “what is the position of Greece in these critical developments? I told you that we do not want Greece to be advanced outpost of the West. And this is our main strategic difference. For you, Mr. Mitsotakis, Greece is the last outpost of the West to the east, for us it is a pillar of peace and security. “For you, the tough guardian of the West is the shield of Europe,” he said characteristically.
The president of SYRIZA – PS also sided with tthe Greek-American and the Greek-French agreementÏ‚. He stated that we are giving bases like those of Alexandroupolis indefinitely to the USA, while he was against the operations in the Sahel provided by the Greek-French agreement.
Armament
“You say you do not want us to go back to deficits and you vote for 7 billion euros in equipment. “Without a single euro left in the defense industry,” said Mr. Tsipras.
Mr. Mitsotakis, he stated, appropriates the purchase of equipment made with money of the Greek people.
“You make a party spot where instead of the coat of arms you put your own emblem on the wings of the aircraft. “It is as if they were paid from your own fund,” said the president of SYRIZA.
He described as scandalous the contract of 2 billion euros for the Aviation Training Center of Kalamata.
“The first major armaments program launched in the country after 10 years was the upgrade of F-16s under the SYRIZA government,” Alexis Tsipras recalled.
“We strongly support it and consequently, the equipment of our country in the logic of adequate defense and in the context of an integrated design. “In this context, we are voting in favor of the frigate framework, a market that we have prioritized and negotiated as a government,” said Alexis Tsipras. He clarified that “at the same time we consider unacceptable that there is no commitment for industry to participate in the construction of frigates. It is unacceptable that frigate maintenance has been provided for only three years, while it is unacceptable that the transfer of know-how for frigates is not guaranteed “.
Alexis Tsipras explained that SYRIZA says “no” to the six additional Rafale fighters. “We do not understand the expediency of an additional six aircraft at a cost of one billion euros for the Greek taxpayer. “As we do not understand your insistence on a scandalous contract for the aviation training center in Kalamata that will exceed two billion euros”, he stressed and at the same time clarified that “with the billions of the Greek people, we can not play”.
He clarified that SYRIZA does not ignore the need for our defense of the country, as well as the importance of strengthening the deterrent capacity of the armed forces. “But an extra 3 billion is an extra 3 billion, 1.5% of GDP,” he insisted.
Greek-Turkish
We had warned in time that the doctrine of so-called isolation would collapse, commented on the occasion of Tayyip Erdogan’s contacts with the UAE and Israel, reminding that SYRIZA had advocated a substantive dialogue with its neighbor and the use of pre-election move away from the maximalist positions. “None of us has any illusions that a solution can be found soon with Turkey. But we can fight for a meaningful dialogue which could lead to a decline in tension. In order to avoid new crises, a new race of armaments programs “, he underlined.
Deuterology Tsipras
The president of SYRIZA left hints of armaments scandals in his deuterology.
“What we consider positive we vote for, where there are indications of transparency, scandalous overpricing for contracts with cost A that you bring AAA, we will not vote against. Not even 1 euro of the Greek taxpayer to Mr. Mitsotakis and his government “, he stated characteristically. “We do not give a blank check” clarified.
Mr. Tsipras stated to the Prime Minister that “you met hand in hand with a nationalist part for the Prespa agreement, and you also have the audacity to point the finger at us, blaming us for not having a responsible national stance”.
He also blamed the government for reckless spending on armaments programs, calling for tax cuts such as fuel instead.
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