In this electoral competition, SYRIZA fought against itself and took second place.. This is primarily evidenced by the results of today’s elections, which fall short of the results of 2019. The official opposition party had four years against the “worst post-colonial government,” as the SYRIZA leadership dubbed the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to repair the rift in voter relations.

Today’s polls have shown that SYRIZA is still unable to regain the trust of citizens. The trauma of the broken promises of 2015, the one-article laws that were not passed, and then the referendum gamble, “no” became “yes” and the negative imprint of the “first left” administration, are wounds that, it turns out, have not healed. .

Defeat doesn’t come like lightning. For four years, polls have consistently shown that the main opposition party lacks not only the share of the government, but also the share it received in the 2019 elections. The government was called upon to cope with a series of crises and any losses. recorded in the polls were not targeted at SYRIZA, which saw small spikes in polls over four years, followed by rapid corrections with even a small gain lost.

This was clearly manifested immediately after the accident in Tempon, especially the critical event. Even then, the government’s losses did not go to SYRIZA. Dissatisfied citizens have shown in the face of a tragic situation that they see the official opposition party as part of the problem and not as a potential beneficiary of the expected solutions.

In a word, SYRIZA has become a systemic party in the world consciousness. However, his leadership continued to invest heavily in anti-systemism.

At the second level, the main opposition party failed to effectively cope with its transformation into the second pole of the new bipolarity. He could not “talk” either to the leadership or to the voters of the smaller parties of the broader spectrum of the centre-left and to integrate their forces as the central representative of the space.

Something that took a concerted effort over four years. He had time, he did not activate the necessary processes. On the contrary, in the last stretch before the election, he “blurred” the message in terms of who he is addressing, whom he wants to represent, with controversial decisions in the drafting of ballots and in his public speech.

The last straw in an almost self-destructive course, consecutive own goals in the days leading up to the election, something unjustifiable for a party that claims it has now “learned, experienced, knows and can”.

The next day is very difficult for SYRIZA and her management. A scope capable of activating processes of a more comprehensive reorganization of the political landscape.