“If the book talks about the direction of the parties in 2050, I want the space I always belong to, I want PASOK and the broader democratic faction to be able to win the bet, now. And I will do everything I can for that,” said the mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, about the turmoil in PASOK-Movement of Change.

Mr. Doukas spoke tonight at the presentation of Giorgos Siakantaris’s book “What Democracies will exist in 2050?”, in Technopolis where he also mentioned that “convergences for the Center-Left happen in the neighborhoods, as I usually say. As is known the municipal faction which won the elections in Athens has PASOK as its core but also brings together the greatest possible coexistence of forces. their autonomy. This effort is not without cost. I am not going to back down.”

He also emphasized that “the time of developments is not a linear, static space, unlimited. Some people tell me. Let’s let things mature slowly, let’s endure this process of stagnation. Let the rot develop. Sit comfortably at your desk and don’t bother. They even attacked me because I even dare to worry.”

The mayor of Athens pointed out that against these views, he supports a different time scale. “History is written with discontinuities and intersections that change the course of developments. We need a jump faster than wear and tear, as Elytis also says,” he characteristically said.