Without breaking the “ice” even in Brussels, Alexis Tsipras To Nikos Androulakis It is reported that at the preliminary congress of the Eurosocialists, they exchanged only a formal greeting.

And their presence was not obvious as a new mini-episode between the two sides was triggered. The President of SYRIZA, speaking at PES, condemned the government, stressing that the Mitsotakis regime is a central topic of discussion in European institutions.

“Next week European Parliament in its plenary session, it will discuss the erosion of the rule of law in Greece by surveillance and manipulation of the media.” PASOK appeared visibly annoyed that the official leader of the opposition did not mention that next Wednesday’s procedure was taking place on his initiative. N. Androulakis and socialists and democrats.

“It is clear that Mr. Tsipras, even today, did not want to support the “pulverized” party narrative that … he weakens the interest of N. Androulakis and PASOK – the Movement for Change in the wiretapping scandal,” commented Dimitris Manzos.

Mr. Tsipras and Mr. Androulakis at the preliminary meeting of Eurosocialists in Brussels.

ABOUT Alexis Tsipras during the session, he focused on precision and the energy crisis. He insisted on the joint issuance of debt, as proposed by Paolo Gentiloni, and on the need for state assistance in the form of guarantees so that it would not be counted against the public debt.

He emphasized the importance of a radical revision of the Stability Pact by adopting the golden rule of non-measurement in the annual calculation of the deficit, public investment in climate change, health care, etc. Regarding immigration, he pointed out that it is impossible to properly accept four million Ukrainians to Europe in less than a year and in at the same time, do not actively promote an agreement on the annual number of legal and safe reception and resettlement in Europe of refugees. and migrants from Turkey and North Africa.

Nikos Androulakis proposed the creation of a European Economic Sovereignty Fund that would support weak economies with a focus on their manufacturing base and job creation. Regarding difficult economic conditions, PASOK’s president at PES cited the need to support citizens by lowering VAT on basic goods, taxing windfall windfalls from banks and energy companies, and social housing programs.

With regard to immigration, Mr Androulakis stressed that the first country of entry rule does not work and that the EU must come to a common framework for migration and asylum that does not repeat the mistakes of the Dublin III regulation, with a mandatory system of solidarity between Member States.