By Antonis Anzoletou

SYRIZA and PASOK to regroup his forces and threaten the sovereignty of the New Republic. With the “right” in this marathon race, only PASOK has entered, which managed to finish its elections quickly by focusing more on a political debate at a secular level. Not that things will be easy for Nikos Androulakis. He is not new to the leadership of the movement and he will not have time credit. Yesterday’s spikes, after all, from the side of Haris Doukas regarding the reshuffle that took place, were indicative of the internal party opposition that will be formed from the “left” of the president. What might the answer be? To show very short evidence of poll recovery with the help of his fellow presidential candidates.

The “key” to the developments will be – in addition to consolidating in second place – for PASOK to quickly overcome the “psychological limit” of 20%. It is the key element that will be able to quickly put Harilaou Trikoupis in the “bay” of power, leaving SYRIZA behind forever. The project is difficult and the restart does not help, nor does the fact that there was no change in leadership. However, from the moment that Nikos Androulakis prefaces the programmatic speech in the “green camp” there is optimism for attracting both a leftist and a more center-right audience. A negative element is the approximately 90,000 who did not go to vote in the second round. It shows that the initial enthusiasm that existed in Harilaou Trikoupis was not reflected in the polls, reaching abstention in the second round slightly above the levels of 2017 and 2021.

At least PASOK is not threatened – in this period at least – by him SYRIZA. In Koumoundourou they are “broken”, dissociative attitudes prevail and most importantly, a picture of division emerges for the next day. The offices rented by Stefanos Kasselakis in Tavros were another episode in what has preceded with the new majority. It is considered very likely that December will find Nikos Androulakis in the position of leader of the official opposition. Whether Stefanos Kasselakis wins or loses, the two “souls” that exist in SYRIZA cannot coexist. The party is moving in single-digit percentages and shows that it cannot take the uphill any time soon.

In this environment, any scenario that existed before the European elections for the united center-left has been “burned”. Such talk can only get back on track if PASOK does not manage to get out of the 15%-16% zone and SYRIZA soon “recovers” from the “shock” it is in by raising its percentages under the new leader . In simple words, the environment is very specific that could put pressure on the two leaders and force them not to insist on the autonomous course, as many will try to throw the “smudge” of the threat of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rule on them for the third time in a row .