By Antonis Anzoletou

The political color of yesterday’s event of his Institute was intense Alexis Tsiprasas the messages he sent at the end of his intervention were many and with many recipients. “At our previous launch event in June, I spoke about the need to give progressive forces and progressive citizens more space to ‘come together’. Let’s learn addition and multiplication and leave division and subtraction,” he said characteristically. Did the former prime minister refer to the need to create a new political body? The questions were given and received after the end of the event in the forecourt of the municipal theater of Piraeus.

Then Alexis Tsipras referred to the need for a new social majority that will support the National Reconstruction Plan that will include major reforms and major ruptures.

He spoke about the current political situation in the country, focusing on the center-left: “The current imbalance of the political system, if it is not restored from the left, the danger is that it will be restored even further to the right. From the rise of the Far Right, as we see happening in a number of European countries. The only comforting and actually hopeful thing is that something is slowly starting to move. Not at the political opposition level. There “no one” continues to lead in all polls. But at the level of social opposition. Let’s keep in mind, without social processes there can be no political subject of change” he added meaningfully.

Other thematic days of the Alexis Tsipras Institute will follow in the next period at a very special moment and with him insisting and not interfering in the internal affairs of SYRIZA, which is going through the most difficult moment in its history.

If we don’t change course we will hit a wall again, argued Alexis Tsipras and spoke about the need for a development shock. In his speech, he analyzed what the National Reconstruction Plan should include:

“Medium-term growth, in a sustainable way – the necessary and basic condition without which the country will be faced with existential challenges.

Redistribution and justice with the support of the welfare state (Note proposals for housing policy were also submitted) and labor protection – so that the fruits of development are spread throughout society.

Resilience – for the country to be able to face the challenges posed by geopolitical uncertainty, the climate crisis as well as new potential disruptions in the global supply chain.

Security – in the face of increased crime, but also in the face of the effects of the climate crisis, in public infrastructure and transport, but also in the changes that the transition to a new complex work environment brings to people’s lives.”

Present at the event were the SYRIZA presidential candidates Socrates Famous, Nicholas Farandouris, Apostolos Gletsos.

Also present were Nikos Pappas, Rania Svigou, Evangelos Apostolakis, Olga Gerovasilis, Dionysis Kalamatianos, Katerina Notopoulou, Thanasis Theocharopoulos, Giorgos Psychogios, Giorgos Karameros, Kostas Barkas, Haris Mamoulakis, Yiannis Mouzalas, Zaharoula Tsirigoti, Katerina Papakosta, George Vassiliadis, Yiannis Ragousis, Dionysis Teboneras, Popi Tsapanidou, Athena Linou, Alexandros Meikopoulos, Maria Repoussi, Theophilos Xanthopoulos, Panos Trigazis, Christos Spirtzis, Yiannis Balafas, Alekos Flambouraris, Yiannis Matzourakis, Yiannis Ragousis, Marina Kontotoli, Kostas Gavroglou, Petros Kokkalis.