By Antonis Anzoletou

The “flirt” with the center-left even reached Cyprus, but everything shows that the road is long. “Dear Niko” was Stefanos Kasselakis’ address to him Nikos Androulakis, “Dear Stefan,” answered the president of PASOK. There was not, however, the same fervor. The official opposition leader saw through the missing persons an opportunity for the Left and Social Democrats to come together in the European Parliament, with Nikos Androulakis formally replying that since 2015 as an MEP he has moved in this direction.

The truth is that the two leaders broadcast on a different wavelength. The president of SYRIZA sees the pressure he will receive at the congress for the united center-left, especially if the poll numbers of the party do not “bloom”. His position is that Koumoundourou must chart its own autonomous course in combination with the parliamentary partnerships that can exist with the green camp. Nikos Androulakis had also clearly shown that he does not have any kind of union with him in his plans SYRIZA. In the pre-election period that PASOK is in, its movements must be measured, as its internal party opponents are lurking. A wrong move, a signal that will be misinterpreted, can be costly in terms of the alliances that will be formed in the next period. October 6th is not so far away.

There was, however, another movement of his in Cyprus Stefanou Kasselakis which showed that the national issues could be a first step of convergence for SYRIZA and PASOK before attempting parliamentary convergence from September. Information states that in the exiled metropolis of Kyrenia, in the Church of the Apostle Varnavas, during the mass, Stefanos Kasselakis protested to the Ambassador, when he found that a representative of ELAM Cyprus was sitting in the seat next to him, which was designated for Nikos Androulakis, that is, of the far-right formation. After the strong reaction of the president of SYRIZA, the position was given, as it should be, to Dimitris Manzos, who represented PASOK.

What both sides see is that the “frozen” climate of the previous period can be overcome. It was largely formed against the background of the European elections with the battle for second place leaving no room for “compliments”. The next steps will be taken at the parliamentary level with the example of the motion of no confidence against the government being the “good example”. When the PASOK elections are completed and the SYRIZA conference takes place, the “road map” for the next day will be drawn and developments will run in one direction or the other.