By Antonis Antzolettos

In June 2023, the PASOK rate was at 11.83% behind SYRIZA, which was precipitated and led to a leadership change. The European elections followed, a year later, where Harilaou Trikoupi increased to 12.79%, but again behind SYRIZA of Stefanos Kasselakis. In October 2024, Nikos Androulakis renewed his mandate from the PASOK world in the presidency of the movement and for some time acquired an air that brought him to the zone of about 18%. The smiles, however, did not last long, despite the fact that parliamentarly took the place of the opposition. He did not even measure the fact that from the first moment he moved strictly with a mild and moderate discourse that has a resonance in the center.

In PASOK they continue to live the “martyrdom of the drop”, and before the summer they watched the cruise freedom to be in second place, raising a lot of concern. These days seem to be over with the movement now being quite clear alone behind the New Democracy, but the recovery and reduction of the “gap” by the ruling faction does not say to come. What is not going well in Harilaou Trikoupi? With SYRIZA dissolving Alexis Tsipras having retired from 2023 PASOK would expect to be the receptor of popular dissatisfaction.

A conflict for the ideological framework and orientation seems to be ongoing in Harilaou Trikoupi when all that should be a priority is to disseminate the TIF program. The “murmur” of recent days with the interventions by Anna Diamantopoulou, Pavlos Geroulanos and Harry Doukas were indicative of the prevailing situation. The organs are delayed to meet and this will have to change next time. Today Nikos Androulakis will hold a press conference from Chios. In the “Green Camp” an image of changing the image is ongoing. It had also been discussed inside the “present” in the amendment to the immigration, or even the referral of Katerina Batzeli to the discipline with the Mayor of Athens reacting. Before the TIF with the themes and the “Black Bible”, the anniversary of September 3rd, the proposal for the demographic, but also with the presentation of the government program and the benefits, which they argue are fully costly, showed that a work is done. This image must be continued emphasize on the part of the leadership and not “confused the lines”.

Harilaou Trikoupi argues that the extroversion movements that will take place from now on, and the communication of the program will give results. The truth is that time until the elections is short and PASOK has to start giving the image that it can confront the New Democracy. Clearly, the rumor of the creation of a party by Alexis Tsipras has caused a general stillness in the center -left. If they do not convince Harilaou Trikoupi that the demand for political change is a majority in society, they will hardly be able to recover substantially. Studying the qualitative elements of the polls in PASOK, they invest from now on in the Metron Analysis survey, according to which 52% said they wanted elections before the completion of government term.