By Penelope Galliou

With the aim of the “finale” of the pre-election period and the opening of the ballot box on June 9 to exceed the expectations and the threshold of 33% that the ND has set for the upcoming European elections, Herodos Attikus and Piraeus are concentrating and speeding up their fight.

At a time when opinion polls are sending optimistic messages about the ruling party and imprinting the number “3” in front of its percentage, the blue staff focuses on the participation of citizens in the electoral process and “exorcises” abstention, because they know that the turnout of people at the polls will act as a booster for its percentages, as with today’s data it draws electoral power from a wide pool of voters.

The reflection in Megaron Maximos stems from the fact that in the one year since last June’s national elections, citizens have gone to the polls four times, causing some fatigue.

In addition, the European elections have always been treated as a more “relaxed” electoral contest, with reduced interest from a large part of the voters, while the summer season also acts as a deterrent for some citizens, especially the younger ones or those who have already started working. “season” and have not planned to take advantage of the possibility of postal voting.

“I understand why many of you may feel tired of repeated electoral contests and consider that these European elections are not that important. I want to tell you that this view is incorrect” commented Kyriakos Mitsotakis from Corfu, while in the interview on the television station “STAR” he explained why participation and the European elections are important. “They are very important because they will largely determine the developments in Europe in the next five years.

And what will happen in Europe obviously also concerns our country, just as what happened in Europe in the last five years concerned our country. If you think only about important initiatives, such as the Recovery Fund, it brought 36 billion euros to our country,” he noted among other things.

“A strong Greece in Europe, this is the stake of the Eurocalp and this will only be ensured by voting for New Democracy” is one of the central slogans repeated by the prime minister and all ND executives throughout the election campaign, with the aim rallying, but also preventing the movement of a portion of blue-collar voters who are recorded at 12%-14% among the undecided in opinion polls, to abstain from the ballot box.

Participation that the Maximos Palace wants to exceed 50% in order not to “reduce” the victory and give “pressure” to the opposition to question the legitimacy of the government to continue the big changes and reforms that the country needs to continue the course convergence with Europe. In Herodos Attikou and Piraeus in the next ten days until the Sunday of the European elections, they analyze the data of the measurements they receive every day and everything shows that a moderate optimism prevails, as they see the rallying of the blue electoral base increasing as the election time approaches .