“I am not an oracle. I think he’s going to make a party. I have not understood the mechanism“, Said the New Left MP and former Minister of Finance Euclid Tsakalotos talking to SKAI 100.3 for the resignation of Alexis Tsipraswhile noting that it does not know if it will be a new party or another, umbrella -type shape.

For the book prepared by the former prime minister, Mr Tsakalotos replied that “I really don’t know what his valuation is, I have done self -critical in my book” As he pointed out, “My analysis is that in 2019-2023, Mr Tsipras wanted a turn to the center“

“Currently center -left and center -right governments do not want to solve the problem“, He said and went on to say that Mr Tsipras must answer”If it is possible to have a social and economic policy stability when we do not want to break them with the rich, large Big Tech companies“

“There is no center -left and center -right policy that at the same time faces problems and makes elite jokes“, He emphasized, setting Donald Trump as an example. “Nor can he do it with the duties, because he makes the jokes of elites“, He stressed.

“In 2015 we lost the game of communication”

Subsequently, responding to whether he has spoken with Alexis Tsipras, he said that “We haven’t spoken by 2023. Alexis has chosen some closer partners, I’m not in them. Maybe he thinks my trial analyzes are farther away in what he wants to do”

Asked what he will answer if the former prime minister calls him replied that “An academic not even discussed, it is not a serious answer. I want a left that analyzes things and the analysis is linked to policies that can convince the world. “.

“To leave Mitsotakis are two conditions: Mr Tsipras must win and secondly this thing be effective“, Noting that there is otherwise there is a risk of policies such as Trump, Farage, AfD. ‘TThe point is: can one like Tsipras stop the rise of the far -right?‘

Referring to the split he said that ‘In the new left we left not only because of Kasselakis, but also the toxic climate. After 2015 this toxicity was created. Personal attacks. You have to make a left that is not sectarian. A shape that can discuss in depth what it takes. I am very interested in holding a stream of ideas – I call it a unifying radical left – which has a lot to give. A pole united radical, but not sectarian. “

Finally, he was asked to comment on the biggest mistake of 2015, Mr. Tsakalotos pointed out:

“We lost the game of communication. I am not saying this in terms of marketing, but to explain to our own world what we can and what we cannot do. We believed that if Greece left the monetary union, it would be disastrous for the monetary union itself. The one who played was Schoeble, who not only believed it, he wanted it and we didn’t understand it. “

Indeed, as to Yiannis Varoufakis, he said that “It reminded me of the powerful trade unionists who do not know when to stop a strike to capitalize on what they have won. ”