It would be a little paradise for Day25if the May 21 elections ended when the polls closed in Australia: There, with 15.20%, the party founded G. Varoufakis formed as the official opposition, second only to the ND. However, which parties and associations get into parliament depends on the ballot box results, and here MeRA25 suffered a big defeat: with only 155,107 votes – 39,469 votes less than in the 2019 elections – and with 2.63% of the votes, it passed behind bars for his entry into Parliament.

“Yes, it was a hard defeat for MeRA25,” Mr. Varoufakis commented after the vote count, adding that the defeat was harder “for the left in general, for the movements, for the very principles of humanism.” The latter is obviously a huge verbal expansion of the space he thinks his party represents, infinitely larger than that which he has used at other times when speaking of the “non-paternalist party of the left.”

Following this, the planning of the electoral strategy, taking into account the ballot boxes on June 25, changed its orientation, focusing on those within the borders: “Stavros, hello. Hello Thanasis,” former MP Criton Arsenis is heard appearing in a video he uploaded to TikTok to talk on his cell phone, either from the party office or from the car in which he appears to be on his campaign tours. . “At the moment we lack 21,000 votes. It’s nothing, it’s a joke. If everyone finds 2-3 people, we will get a higher rate, right? You have my phone, we can talk about anything,” he wrote to his interlocutors.

The main weight in this battle is also given to social networks, including inventions. #In25Days25while former SYRIZA leaders are also “recruited” such as Nadia Valavani, Iro Diotis and Dimitris Stratoulis.

However, achieving the goal, i.e. securing a new party presence in parliamentary seats, is considered extremely difficult, especially in connection with the ever-growing appeal Freedom of navigationwhich, in fact, appeals to the same pool of voters, while the pressure exerted by the big left, KKE.