He is preparing the cards that he will throw in the next week’s battle. Maximos Palacesince in the period from August 22 to August 29, the issue of wiretapping will be brought to the institutional stage and preliminary discussion at the request Alexis Tsiprason the other hand, his meeting will be given Committee on Institutions and Transparency, where the invitation of the former heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and communications is expected. Megaros Maximos believes that “the best defense is an attack”, and in this context they build their strategy along two axes: the first is to extend the period during which surveillance will be carried out by a decade. In practice, this means that in the government, in the existing logic of “everything in the world”, they want the discussion to take place for the period 2012-2022, which includes the joint government of Samaras – Venizelos and the joint government of Tsipras – Kammenos. In this context, we will see Yannis Rubatis and Thodoris Dravilas, Head of EYP at SYRIZA and ND, in the Committee on Institutions and Transparency. – PASOK respectively.

political battle

The second axis that Maximos will focus on is purely political. It is based on the immediate reaction of the Prime Minister, since, as they say Mr Mitsotakis as soon as he was informed of the extent of the scandal, he did not hesitate to demand the resignation of the head of the EMP, Mr. Kontoleontos, at the same time, he accepted the resignation of Mr. Dimitriadis, who brought the matter to the attention of the Prime Minister, so as not to aggravate the toxicity of the climate, as then sources in the government spoke. “The Prime Minister reacted immediately, he was not preceded by any pressure either from the opposition or from the media,” – says a close associate of Mr. Mitsotakis “K”., examining the opposition’s arguments about Watergate. The prime minister is also expected to focus on this part next week during parliamentary debates, expressing his self-criticism while stressing that when he was briefed and given the full picture, he reacted immediately.

Opinion polls to be held at the end of the month and early September will record that recent developments have affected the political scene.

At the same time, Maximos Palace wants to “fly forward”, with an emphasis on the economy. Practically, this means that they are already preparing for the TIF, which will focus on the economy, while the government will focus on retirees and civil servants, who are expected to play a major role in the package this year.

Among other things, the possibility of providing vulnerable categories of the population with a new “punctuality test” is being considered, and among the “locked” announcements are an increase in pensions in 2023 for the first time in 12 years and the abolition of solidarity collection, after private and for civil servants and pensioners, also from 2023 . It is clear that these are three social classes with a very large electoral presence with which Mr. Mitsotakis wants to maintain the stable contact he has established over the course of three years.

In the near future, it is still planned to conduct polls that will reflect the impact of wiretapping, how much it affected the government and which social groups. It is especially important for the government to see how much the prime minister’s image has deteriorated among PASOK voters, where, until recently, Mr. Mitsotakis’s acceptance was particularly high.