ITEM

Against the background of the pre-election conflict that has flared up, certain news are circulating, which, unfortunately, do not reach the general public. SYRIZA MP and Foreign Secretary Giorgos Katrougalos has shed light on the fact that the British government, through the bill he has presented, essentially allows the UK to avoid – at its own discretion – the application of the provisional measures taken by the European Court of Justice. human rights (ECHR). Mr. Katrugalos, as rapporteur of the report on the relationship between constitutions and the European Convention on Human Rights, signed the condemning declaration of the Council of Europe. For History, the announcement was signed by the representative of the Republic of Cyprus K. Efstatiou, rapporteur on the enforcement of ECtHR judgments by national courts.

DILEMMA

The perennial election dilemma is how negative an election campaign can be. How much gray can the party apparatus – usually the opposition – spend to claim power? In the past, the tone of negative advertising sometimes worked, sometimes not. In the past few days, SYRIZA TV commercials have been aired, in which the central plot of the script is people facing serious financial problems, and ending with the motto “I’m afraid to live like this for another four years.” and then the realization that something needs to be done. change. SYRIZA’s goals are clear: indeed, the cost of living, declining purchasing power and the difficult international situation are causing stress for every private worker, farmer, small and medium-sized entrepreneur. Things are not easy, and everyone knows this, each personally and in his own skin. Turning uncertainty and fear into a political argument is an old recipe. But it doesn’t always work.

FACE

Evangelos Venizelos (photo) is a metapolitician, as he is accustomed to characterize the position of all those who have decided to withdraw from active political activity. This ultra-partisan Evangelos Venizelos of the “Circle of Ideas”, public positions on all major issues, is perhaps significantly more effective than himself. When Venizelos of metapolitics intervenes, he decisively leads the public debate. Creates an agenda. In the initial phase of the wiretapping case, Mr. Venizelos’ remarks were initially frowned upon by some as legalistic, but it turned out that the former vice-premier had caught what had eluded them: the centrist voter had a keen and developed instinct for political autonomy and, therefore, it is not easy to summon it. Mr. Venizelos’ speeches on the issue of banning the Kasidiaris party also turned out to be the most consistent with reality. Accordingly, his remarks last weekend in Delphi about the Greco-Turkish people are accurate, but not rude. About the need to develop a dialogue with Turkey in order to resolve first the Greek-Turkish issue, and then the Cyprus one. Mr. Venizelos was, of course, nothing more than an honest snapshot of what could happen in the event of post-election Greek-Turkish discussions.

PLACE

The 69th Kifissia Flower Show, visited yesterday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, but in recent days has become a haven for all parliamentary candidates in the northern sector. The presentation of the event accompanying the opening last Friday was made by the horticulturist Marina Tsitikidou, who made a sardam during the reading of the ministers, deputy ministers, candidates for deputies present, especially with the name of Dimitris Kayridis. As far as I know, he subsequently recovered gracefully, and those present Nikis Kerameos, Zoe Raptis, Giorgos Komoutsakos, Thodoris Rousopoulos and Andreas Loverdos (among many other candidates) teased Mr. Kayridis, who thus managed to become the face of the evening. . Considering, however, that floriculture will last until May 14, we will limit candidates to days off. He definitely has cameras elsewhere.

ATTACK

“Are you KKE too?” The spontaneous response of the majority will be “I don’t think so.” Mainly because they don’t feel like workers, at least not in the way they are presented in a KNE video with a specific slogan. Perissos thinks that with this particular issue they could “help” some of the hesitant to find common ground with the KKE, which is by definition a dogmatic party. Basically, of course, the video is aimed at the younger age group of voters.