With…joy they welcomed to Maximos Palace the position of Nikos Androulakis, who said that he would offer a third person for the position of Prime Minister in case there was no self-confidence. The government believes that citizens vote mainly for the prime minister, and the fact that the PASOK president does not name the person he will nominate will create a flow of voters towards the ND.

Return of optimism

The above assessment, combined with two other elements, restored (moderate) optimism in the government’s camp. The first element is that even after the tragedy in Tempe, SYRIZA is not growing in percentage, as it seems that it has “caught the ceiling” and will drop below 30%. The second element is that the new wave of measurements shows that ND does not have a further downward trajectory, on the contrary, it has little tendency to repatriate voters.

social sign

The Information Society has recently carried out two important digital actions. The reason is the market pass, through which about 3 million citizens received support worth more than 500 million euros, as well as the “Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities”, for which the first applications have already been approved. The actions prove what Mitsotakis has repeatedly said, that digital transformation is fundamentally social in nature.

Confirmation

Shortly after the Tempi accident, I wrote to you that there was an idea in Maximos about “breaking” the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport into two autonomous ministries. This idea was confirmed by the Prime Minister in his last interview, saying that there is an idea to disband the Ministry and become an independent Ministry of Transport again.

visits

Maximos Palace enters a full pre-election period as Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after a visit to Lamia next Monday, is preparing visits to Ioannina on Friday and next Wednesday (probably) to Mytilini. These are the areas where the government’s plan has not been presented, with the aim of disseminating it throughout the country in time for the vote, passing on the message.

Pending

Since the reason for Phthiotis, one of the outstanding issues that is not yet over is the candidacy of Themis Heimaras, and many are betting that the MP will not be on the ballot after all.

Provide recourse

Not everyone – even in the government camp – took a positive view of Greece’s support for the Turkish candidacy for the post of Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Some – let’s not name names – read the cooperation between Athens and Ankara upside down and said that what we gave Turkey is disproportionate to what it gave us, supporting our candidacy for the UN Security Council. In any case, the future will show whether the decision was correct and whether the doubters will be justified.