The need for another “Europe” that will be “viable, fair and competitive in international division”. Alexis Tsipras During his speech in Paris on “Is Europe a continent without leadership?”

School guest Political Science at the University of Sorbonne And addressing the majority of a French – student audience, the former prime minister spoke of the need for a “progressive turn” in both Europe and Greece. “Europe is not a continent without leadership. It is a continent with the wrong leadership. Neo -conservative, neoliberal, timid and inadequate. A leadership that goes closed to the rocks, “Alexis Tsipras said in the introduction of his speech. He went on to say that “what is happening today on the international scene are overcoming any imagination” with the wind blowing, as he said, in the direction of “authoritarianism, geopolitical insecurity and extreme inequalities”. Note the danger of the far -right in more and more European countries, the former prime minister stressed that “we are in a time of polycrose that has led to insecurity and a profound question of the Western states’ ability to protect their citizens.” He said that Europe is at the same time facing economic, energy and climate crisis as well as the worst refugee and migrant crisis after World War II, noting that it is an “explosive mix” that has created “a deep social discomfort over the whole of the European Union”.

Alexis Tsipras also referred to the demographic crisis in Europe, which he described as existential, pointing out that it is not cultural but is mainly a “crisis of hope and expectations”. Concerning geopolitical issues, the former prime minister said that “we are back in a time when international law is not a point of reference”, with the US president stating that “what counts in the world is the right of the powerful” and with Europe to be completely unable to build a policy of politics. “Even in the case of Genocide in Gaza, the EU did not find the courage to impose sanctions on Israel despite the proper choice of many countries to recognize the Palestinian state,” Alexis Tsipras said, he then emphasized that the major problem in the process of European unification is ” It proceeded with its economic and political unification. ” The former prime minister stressed that more public investment in Europe are needed but also an industrial strategy that will focus on high technology research and innovation from parallel has been in favor of expanding the mechanism of issuing a common European debt established under the recovery fund. Alexis Tsipras also favored the so -called “Zukman Tax” in France, saying that “we need a tax on great wealth adapted to the 21st century. We need to mobilize around a new patriotism for justice in our countries. A new patriotism based on determination, which is inclusive, moral, economic and social. “

Referring in particular to Greek issues, Alexis Tsipras noted that “the Left took over the country when the economy had lost 25% of GDP. And it was facing a humanitarian crisis, “while at the same time saying that” we managed to get our country out of this crisis, return to growth and regulate its debt, protecting the weakest. ” “Many say that the Left should not have this difficult task and that he had to leave it to the right,” Alexis Tsipras said, and continued saying that he wants a left “that does not put it in the difficulties, which is on the ground and does not fall into the earth, Many. ” He also criticized the “right -wing governance” in Greece, saying that “in the rule of the poorest, the incomes of the richest were reduced.”

Finally, asked by a Greek student if he intends to build a new party and how it is raised on the issue of the unity of the left parties, Alexis Tsipras replied that this debate within the country is in absentia, that he is listening to the current phase of ” It is done either because these parties realize that they cannot remain fragmented, or through a comprehensive political reconstruction.