Anna Diamantopoulou, from the beginning of her speech at the enlarged meeting of the Central Political Committee of PASOK-Movement for Change, made it clear that she is not going to speak in terms of intra-party confrontation, but about the great opportunity that PASOK now has for itself his future is enough to talk about the future of the country. “Society,” he said, “is indifferent to our internal dialogue. He cares about tomorrow.”

The former minister and candidate for the leadership of the party developed a complete plan for Greece in the coming years.

“We are growing PASOK, we are strengthening Greece”, said Mrs. Diamantopoulou, while underlining that “in order to respond to its new historical tasks, to become the alternative solution to the governance of the country and the way out for a better and fairer society, it must evolve rapidly into the Great and Governing PASOK ».

He described the current political situation, from which the role of PASOK emerges again. He severely criticized the ND government for the policy it follows in almost all areas.

“The government is mostly about communication and has abandoned any idea of ​​planning for the future, scared of the political cost and mired in partisan backbiting and personal bickering. Mr. Mitsotakis’ capitulation to extreme conservatism is the recipe for paralysis,” said Anna Diamantopoulou.

He presented a clear and complete political framework for the major issues, so that Greece can once again become a dynamic country in the EU and the wider region of SE Europe and the Balkans. Especially regarding the relations with Turkey, Anna Diamantopoulou emphasized: “Since 1974, Turkey has been filling the basket of claims, so that in every final negotiation it can make non-existent concessions. We have to turn, as we have done in the past, our geographical position into a comparative advantage.

The Democratic Party from Eleftherios Venizelos to Andreas Papandreou and Costas Simitis and even during the most difficult times under Georgios Papandreou and Vangelis Venizelos always had a vision for the Nation and the country.”

Anna Diamantopoulou emphasized how “it is possible to bring Greece to the center of developments, to modernize our political system, with a plan for the reconstruction of the country. The central idea is Greece that produces. It must produce national wealth and then redistribute it fairly.” “Is it possible to have integrated policies with goals and resources? YES IT IS”, he added.

Mrs. Diamantopoulou made a special and extensive reference to social policy, saying that “we must proceed with a great decentralization, with local self-government with responsibilities that will be accompanied by resources, independent, unguarded by parties, with a political plan and the possibility of having its own development plan. Public health and public education need strong regional decentralization for the best performance for the citizen. In the education reform I give the title “Aristotle and Artificial Intelligence” because from kindergarten to humanities studies must be combined with the humanistic ideal, that is, humanities and social sciences that create citizens with social characteristics that can understand and impose on machines .

In health, the reform must start from the separation of the NHS from the Ministry as an administrative model, from an economic, scientific and meritocracy upgrade of doctors and all hospital staff and, of course, from digital modernization.

As the crown of social policy I would put the slogan “first the children”. We cannot be the country with 30% child poverty, our central goal and commitment must be the absolute elimination of child poverty.

Is it possible to beat the inequalities?

Is it possible to eliminate child poverty?

YES IT DOES

ONLY WE CAN,” he emphasized.

He supported the political and strategic autonomy of PASOK-Movement for Change, while he disagreed with “top political and electoral alliances up to single party mergers with these forces, which blur and liquidate PASOK’s identity and orientation, which must be put outside the strategy agenda of our Movement.

The attempt to root PASOK’s politics from the inside, as well as the attempt to collude from the outside, I think that in addition to approximations, things prove to be a great political mistake”, Anna Diamantopoulou made it clear.

“I will guarantee the unity of the Movement by utilizing all the potential of PASOK so that we can all together form an open, democratic, victorious Movement. If I am not elected: I will do my best to help the new leadership achieve the goals of the Movement. I will contribute, from whatever position I am called to offer, knowledge, political experience and action so that we can achieve our collective aspirations”, he concluded.