Criticism of PASOK, that it is returning to “whatever” policies, and of the opposition as a whole, that it is possessed by maxims, was exercised by the Minister of State, Makis Voridisin the context of the fourth day of debate in Parliament, on the 2025 state budget.

We are told by the main opposition speaker that we have a budget of overtaxation, but taking away taxes means taking away spending that is not keeping pace with rising wages. And then you say we vote on defense spending. How will this magic happen? All this together, it doesn’t happen, said Mr. Borides. In the end, you have returned to a policy of whatever, you have returned to a policy in which you irresponsibly adopt requests without special content, in the end, you find your old good self again, said the Minister of State.

Addressing the opposition as a whole, he said they present a “magical picture” of a country almost ruined and destroyed. “The fact that there are these specific successes, which are recognized by international organizations and media, how do you explain it?” asked Mr. Voridis and continued: You say maximalist things: Let’s cut taxes more, raise wages more, increase spending, etc. Do you have any answer, why, instead of voting for these programs, the Greek people voted for a more restrictive program? Do you have any answer why, five and a half years later, the New Democracy remains dominant and hegemonic and you count your pieces and your splits? Do you have any answer why five and a half years later, the co-society is torn apart, united and composed, and you can’t agree on the slightest thing among yourselves? The answer is one. The ideological hegemony of the Left has finally been broken, we are in a different ideological and social environment, and this is the first, major and great success of the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.